Scriptures

New Living Translation (NLT)

Mark 1
¹² The Spirit then compelled Jesus to go into the wilderness,
¹³ where he was tempted by Satan for forty days. He was out among the wild animals, and angels took care of him.
¹⁴ Later on, after John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee, where he preached God’s Good News.
¹⁵ “The time promised by God has come at last!” he announced. “The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!”
¹⁶ One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.
¹⁷ Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”
¹⁸ And they left their nets at once and followed him.
¹⁹ A little farther up the shore Jesus saw Zebedee’s sons, James and John, in a boat repairing their nets.
²⁰ He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men.
²¹ Jesus and his companions went to the town of Capernaum. When the Sabbath day came, he went into the synagogue and began to teach.
²² The people were amazed at his teaching, for he taught with real authority—quite unlike the teachers of religious law.