st
point of the Temple, said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw
yourself down; for it is written,

"'He will give his angels charge of you,
And on their hands they will bear you up,
Lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

Jesus said to him, "It is also written,

"'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

Once more the devil took him to a high mountain and showed him all the
kingdoms of the world and their glory, and he said to him, "All these
things I will give you if you will fall down and worship me." Jesus said
to him, "Away with you, Satan! for it is written,

"'You shall worship the Lord your God,
And him only shall you serve.'"

JESUS WINS DEVOTED FRIENDS

Herod seized John the Baptist and bound him, and put him in prison
because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for John said to him,
"It is not right for you to have her." And although Herod wanted to put
him to death, he was afraid of the people, for they believed John to be
a prophet.

Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching
God's good news: "The time has come; repent of your sins and believe in
the good news, for the kingdom of God is at hand."

Leaving Nazareth, Jesus went to live in Capernaum, which is on the Sea
of Galilee. As he was passing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he
saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting their nets into the sea, for
they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, "Come with me, and I will make
you fishers of men." And they at once left their nets and followed him.
And going a little farther on, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, with
John his brother, who were in their boat mending their nets. He called
them, and they at once left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the
hired men, and went with him.

Then Jesus found Philip and said to him, "Come with me." Now Philip was
from Bethsaida, the home of Andrew and Peter. Philip, finding Nathanael,
said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the
prophets wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." But Nathanael
said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip replied,
"Come and see."

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said to him, "Here is a true
Israelite, in whom there is no deceit." Nathanael said to him, "How do
you know me?" Jesus answered, "Before Philip called you, when you were
under the fig-tree, I saw you." Nathanael