Dual Panel1The beginning <746> of the gospel <2098> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, the Son of God.
2As <2531> it is written <1125> in <1722> Isaiah <2268> the prophet <4396>, “Look <2400>, I am sending <649> my <3450> messenger <32> ahead of <4253> <4383> you <4675>, who <3739> will prepare <2680> your <4675> way <3598>,
3the voice <5456> of one shouting <994> in <1722> the wilderness <2048>, ‘Prepare <2090> the way <3598> for the Lord <2962>, make <4160> his <846> paths <5147> straight <2117>.’”
4In <1722> the wilderness <2048> John <2491> the baptizer <907> began preaching <2784> a baptism <908> of repentance <3341> for <1519> the forgiveness <859> of sins <266>.
5People from the whole <3956> Judean <2449> countryside <5561> and <2532> all <3956> of Jerusalem <2415> were going out <1607> to <4314> him <846>, and <2532> he was baptizing <907> them <846> in <1722> the Jordan <2446> River <4215> as <1843> they confessed <1843> their <846> sins <266>.
6John <2491> wore a garment <1746> made of camel’s <2574> hair <2359> with a leather <1193> belt <2223> around <4012> his <846> waist <3751>, and <2532> he ate <2068> locusts <200> and <2532> wild <66> honey <3192>.
7He <2532> proclaimed <2784>, “One more powerful than <2478> I <3450> am is coming <2064> after <3694> me <3450>; I am <1510> not <3756> worthy <2425> to bend down <2955> and untie <3089> the strap <2438> of his <846> sandals <5266>.
8I <1473> baptize <907> you <5209> with water <5204>, but <1161> he will baptize <907> you <5209> with the Holy <40> Spirit <4151>.”
9Now in <1722> those <1565> days <2250> Jesus <2424> came <2064> from <575> Nazareth <3478> in Galilee <1056> and <2532> was baptized <907> by <5259> John <2491> in <1519> the Jordan River <2446>.
10And <2532> just as <2117> Jesus was coming up <305> out <1537> of the water <5204>, he saw <1492> the heavens <3772> splitting apart <4977> and <2532> the Spirit <4151> descending <2597> on <1519> him <846> like <5613> a dove <4058>.
11And <2532> a voice <5456> came <1096> from <1537> heaven <3772>: “You <4771> are <1510> my <3450> one dear <27> Son <5207>; in <1722> you <4671> I take great delight <2106>.”
12The Spirit <4151> immediately <2117> drove <1544> him <846> into <1519> the wilderness <2048>.
13He <2532> was <1510> in <1722> the wilderness <2048> forty <5062> days <2250>, enduring temptations <3985> from <5259> Satan <4567>. He <2532> was <1510> with <3326> wild animals <2342>, and <2532> angels <32> were ministering <1247> to his needs <846>.
14Now <2532> after <3326> John <2491> was imprisoned <3860>, Jesus <2424> went <2064> into <1519> Galilee <1056> and proclaimed <2784> the gospel <2098> of God <2316>.
15He <2532> said <3004>, “The time <2540> is fulfilled <4137> and <2532> the kingdom <932> of God <2316> is near <1448>. Repent <3340> and <2532> believe <4100> the gospel <2098>!”
16As <3855> he went <3855> along <3844> the Sea <2281> of Galilee <1056>, he saw <1492> Simon <4613> and <2532> Andrew <406>, Simon’s <4613> brother <80>, casting <906> a net into <1722> the sea <2281> (for <1063> they were <1510> fishermen <231>).
17Jesus <2424> said <2036> to them <846>, “Follow <1205> <3694> me <3450>, and <2532> I will turn <4160> you <5209> into <1096> fishers <231> of people <444>.”
18They left <863> their nets <1350> immediately <2117> and followed <190> him <846>.
19Going on <4260> a little farther <3641>, he saw <1492> James <2385>, the son of Zebedee <2199>, and <2532> John <2491> his <846> brother <80> in <1722> their boat <4143> mending <2675> nets <1350>.
20Immediately <2117> he called <2564> them <846>, and <2532> they left <863> their father <3962> <846> Zebedee <2199> in <1722> the boat <4143> with <3326> the hired men <3411> and followed <565> <3694> him <846>.
21Then <2532> they went <1531> to <1519> Capernaum <2584>. When the Sabbath <4521> came, Jesus went <1525> into <1519> the synagogue <4864> and began to teach <1321>.
22The people there <1510> were amazed <1605> by <1909> his <846> teaching <1322>, because <1063> he taught <1321> them <846> like <5613> one who had <2192> authority <1849>, not <3756> like <5613> the experts in the law <1122>.
23Just <2117> then there was <1510> a man <444> in <1722> their <846> synagogue <4864> with <1722> an unclean <169> spirit <4151>, and <2532> he cried out <349>,
24“Leave us <2254> alone, Jesus <2424> the Nazarene <3479>! Have you come <2064> to destroy <622> us <2248>? I know <1492> who <5101> you <4571> are <1510>– the Holy One <40> of God <2316>!”
25But <2532> Jesus <2424> rebuked <2008> him <846>: “Silence <5392>! Come out <1831> of <1537> him <846>!”
26After throwing <4682> him <846> into convulsions <4682>, the unclean <169> spirit <4151> cried out <5455> with a loud <3173> voice <5456> and came out <1831> of <1537> him <846>.
27They were <2284> all <537> amazed <2284> so that <5620> they <846> asked <4802> each other, “What <5101> is <1510> this <5124>? A new <2537> teaching <1322> with <2596> authority <1849>! He <2004> even commands <2004> the unclean <169> spirits <4151> and <2532> they obey <5219> him <846>.”
28So <2532> the news <189> about him <846> spread <1831> quickly <2117> throughout <3837> <1519> all the region <4066> around <3650> Galilee <1056>.
29Now as soon as <2117> they left <1831> the synagogue <4864>, they entered <2064> <1519> Simon <4613> and <2532> Andrew’s <406> house <3614>, with <3326> James <2385> and <2532> John <2491>.
30Simon’s <4613> mother-in-law <3994> was lying down <2621>, sick with a fever <4445>, so <2532> they spoke <3004> to Jesus <846> at once <2117> about <4012> her <846>.
31He <2532> came <4334> and raised <1453> her <846> up <1453> by <2902> gently taking <2902> her hand <5495>. Then <2532> the fever <4446> left <863> her <846> and <2532> she began to serve <1247> them <846>.
32When <3753> it was <1096> evening <3798>, after sunset <1416> <2246>, they brought <5342> to <4314> him <846> all <3956> who were <2192> sick <2560> and <2532> demon-possessed <1139>.
33The <2532> whole <3650> town <4172> gathered <1996> by <4314> the door <2374>.
34So <2532> he healed <2323> many <4183> who were <2192> sick <2560> with various <4164> diseases <3554> and <2532> drove out <1544> many <4183> demons <1140>. But <2532> he would <863> not <3756> permit <863> the demons <1140> to speak <2980>, because <3754> they knew <1492> him <846>.
35Then <2532> Jesus got up <450> early in the morning <4404> when it was still <1773> very <3029> dark <1773>, departed <1831>, and <2532> went out <565> to <1519> a deserted <2048> place <5117>, and there <2546> he spent time in prayer <4336>.
36Simon <4613> and <2532> his companions <3326> <846> searched for <2614> him <846>.
37When <2532> they found <2147> him <846>, they said <3004>, “Everyone <3956> is looking for <2212> you <4571>.”
38He replied <3004>, “Let <71> us go <71> elsewhere <237>, into <1519> the surrounding villages <2969>, so that <2443> I can preach <2784> there <1563> too <2532>. For <1063> that is what I came out <1831> here to do.”
39So <2532> he went <2064> into <1519> all <3650> of Galilee <1056> preaching <2784> in <1519> their <846> synagogues <4864> and <2532> casting out <1544> demons <1140>.
40Now <2532> a leper <3015> came <2064> to <4314> him <846> and <2532> fell to <1120> his knees <1120>, asking for help <3870>. “If <1437> you are willing <2309>, you can make <1410> me <3165> clean <2511>,” he said <3004>.
41Moved with compassion <4697>, Jesus stretched out <1614> his <846> hand <5495> and touched <680> him, saying <3004>, “I am willing <2309>. Be clean <2511>!”
42The leprosy <3014> left <565> him <575> <846> at once <2117>, and <2532> he was clean <2511>.
43Immediately <2117> Jesus sent <1544> the man <846> away <1544> with a very strong warning <1690>.
44He <2532> told <3004> him <846>, “See <3708> that you do <2036> not <3367> <3367> say <2036> anything to anyone, but <235> go <5217>, show <1166> yourself <4572> to a priest <2409>, and <2532> bring the offering <4374> that <3739> Moses <3475> commanded <4367> for <4012> your <4675> cleansing <2512>, as <1519> a testimony <3142> to them <846>.”
45But <1161> as <1831> the man went out <1831> he began <756> to announce <2784> it publicly <4183> and <2532> spread <1310> the story <3056> widely, so that <5620> Jesus was no longer <3371> able <1410> to enter <1525> any town <4172> openly <5320> but <235> stayed outside <1854> in <1909> remote <2048> places <5117>. Still they kept coming <2064> to <4314> him <846> from everywhere <3840>.