1 El Espíritu Santo condujo a Jesús al desierto para que el diablo lo tentara. 2 Luego de pasar cuarenta días y cuarenta noches sin probar bocado, Jesús sintió hambre 3 y el diablo se le acercó. ―Si eres el Hijo de Dios —le dijo—, haz que estas piedras se conviertan en pan. 4 ―¡No! —le respondió Jesús—. Escrito está: “Para vivir no sólo es importante el pan: debemos obedecer todo lo que manda Dios”. 5 Entonces el diablo lo llevó al lugar más alto del templo de Jerusalén. 6 ―Si eres el Hijo de Dios —le dijo—, tírate desde aquí. Las Escrituras dicen que Dios enviará a sus ángeles a cuidarte, y ni siquiera te tropezarás con las rocas. 7 ―Pero las Escrituras también dicen: “No pongas a prueba a tu Dios” —le respondió Jesús. 8 Finalmente el diablo lo llevó a la cima de una alta montaña y le mostró las naciones del mundo y la gloria que hay en ellas. 9 ―Todo esto te lo daré si de rodillas me adoras —le dijo. 10 ―¡Vete de aquí, Satanás! —le respondió Jesús—. Las Escrituras dicen: “Sólo al Señor tu Dios adorarás, y solamente a él le obedecerás”. 11 El diablo se fue, y ¡los ángeles llegaron a atender a Jesús! 12 Cuando Jesús oyó que habían encarcelado a Juan, regresó a Galilea. 13 Pero no mucho después dejó Nazaret y se trasladó a Capernaum, junto al lago, en la región de Zabulón y Neftalí. 14 Así se cumplió la profecía de Isaías: 15 «Tierra de Zabulón y Neftalí, que estás en el camino al mar, al otro lado del Jordán, Galilea, donde tantos extranjeros habitan: 16 El pueblo que estaba en tinieblas vio una gran luz y al pueblo que andaba en regiones de sombra de muerte le resplandeció la luz». 17 Y desde aquel mismo instante Jesús comenzó a predicar: «Arrepiéntanse de sus pecados porque el reino de los cielos se ha acercado». 18 Un día, caminando Jesús a orillas del lago de Galilea, vio a dos pescadores que tiraban la red al agua. Eran Simón, mejor conocido por Pedro, y Andrés, su hermano. 19 «Síganme y los convertiré en pescadores de hombres», les dijo Jesús. 20 Inmediatamente dejaron la red y lo siguieron. 21 Un poco más adelante vio a otros dos hermanos, Jacobo y Juan, que estaban sentados en una barca, con Zebedeo su padre, y remendaban las redes. Cuando Jesús los llamó, 22 dejaron a su padre a cargo de lo que estaban haciendo y siguieron a Jesús. 23 Jesús recorrió toda Galilea enseñando en las sinagogas, proclamando las buenas noticias del reino y sanando las enfermedades y dolencias de la gente. 24 Su fama llegó hasta Siria, y le traían todo tipo de enfermos: No había enfermo, endemoniado, loco o paralítico que le trajeran y a quien no sanara. 25 Y dondequiera que iba lo seguían multitudes enormes de Galilea, Decápolis, Jerusalén, toda Judea y de los territorios al este del río Jordán.
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People & places in this chapter
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People
James
A fisherman called by Jesus together with his brother John, one of the Twelve, to whom Jesus gave the name Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder'.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:17
John
A fisherman called together with his brother James, one of the Twelve, to whom Jesus gave the name Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder'.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:17
Zebedee
A fisherman in whose boat his sons James and John were mending nets when Jesus called them; they left him in the boat with the hired men.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 20:20; Mark 1:20
Places
Capernaum
A fishing and customs town on the Sea of Galilee where Jesus healed, taught, and called disciples. Its ruins include a 4th–5th c. synagogue built over an earlier one.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:13; Mark 2:1; Matthew 11:23
Sea of Galilee
This harp-shaped lake (~13 miles long) lies in the Jordan Rift Valley. Cool air dropping onto the warm water spawns sudden storms — the setting of several Gospel miracles.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:18; Mark 4:39; John 21:1
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebrews 2:18; Luke 4:1–13; Mark 1:12–15; Hebrews 4:15–16; Romans 8:14
- 2 Deuteronomy 9:18; Exodus 34:28; 1 Kings 19:8; Luke 4:2; Deuteronomy 9:9
- 3 1 Thessalonians 3:5; Genesis 3:1–5; Numbers 11:4–6; Luke 22:31–32; Revelation 2:10
- 4 Deuteronomy 8:3; Luke 4:4; John 6:63; John 6:31–59; Romans 15:4
- 5 Luke 4:9; Revelation 11:2; Matthew 27:53; Isaiah 48:2; Nehemiah 11:1
- 6 Psalm 91:11–12; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 34:7; 2 Corinthians 11:14; Psalm 34:20
- 7 Deuteronomy 6:16; 1 Corinthians 10:9; Psalm 78:41; Psalm 78:18; Hebrews 3:9
- 8 1 John 2:15–16; Revelation 11:15; Psalm 49:16–17; Matthew 16:26; Luke 4:5–7
- 9 2 Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 22:8–9; John 16:11; Revelation 19:10; Daniel 5:18–19
- 10 Deuteronomy 6:13–14; Deuteronomy 10:20; Joshua 24:14; Luke 4:8; 1 Samuel 7:3
- 11 Matthew 26:53; Luke 22:43; Hebrews 1:14; Revelation 5:11–12; Luke 4:13
- 12 Mark 1:14; Luke 3:20; Matthew 14:3; Luke 4:14; Mark 6:17
- 13 John 4:46; Mark 1:21; Matthew 11:23; John 6:24; John 6:59
- 14 Isaiah 9:1–2; Matthew 2:23; Luke 24:44; Matthew 12:17–21; Luke 22:37
- 15 Isaiah 9:1
- 16 Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 42:6–7; Luke 1:78–79; Isaiah 60:1–3; Micah 7:8
- 17 Matthew 3:2; Acts 2:38; Mark 1:14–15; Luke 5:32; Luke 24:47
- 18 John 1:40–42; Matthew 10:2; Mark 1:16–20; Luke 6:14; Luke 5:1–11
- 19 Mark 1:17–18; John 12:26; Matthew 16:24; Luke 9:59; John 1:43
- 20 Mark 10:28–31; Matthew 19:27; Luke 18:28–30; Psalm 119:60; 1 Kings 19:21
- 21 Mark 3:17; Mark 1:19–20; Matthew 10:2; John 21:2; Acts 12:2
- 22 Matthew 10:37; Luke 14:26; Deuteronomy 33:9–10; Luke 9:59–60; Mark 1:20
- 23 Matthew 9:35; Mark 1:39; Luke 7:22; Acts 10:38; Matthew 11:5
- 24 Matthew 17:15; Matthew 8:6; Matthew 12:22; Luke 5:15; Luke 2:2
- 25 Luke 6:17; Mark 5:20; Mark 7:31; Mark 3:7–8; Matthew 19:2
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Then. When? After the descent of the Spirit, after the voice that was borne from above, and said, "This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." And what was marvellous, it was of the Holy Spirit; for this, he here saith, led Him up.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For, when tempting Him, he said, "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." But the Lord repulsed him by the commandment of the law, saying, "It is written, Man doth not live by bread alone." As to those words [of His enemy,] "If thou be the Son of God," [the Lord] made no …
… two societies of angels,--the one enjoying God, the other swelling with pride; the one to whom it is said, "Praise ye Him, all His angels," the other whose prince says, "All these things will I give Thee if Thou wilt fall down and worship me;" the one blazing with the holy love of God, the other reeking with the unclean …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Thus, after He was an hungered, it is said, "The tempter came, and said unto Him, If Thou be Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." For, because he had heard a voice borne from above, and saying, "This is My beloved Son;" and had heard also John bearing so large witness concerning Him, and after that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
If the Master Himself followed the right time in due order, ought we, His servants, to venture out of order? From that time Jesus began to preach, when the Holy Spirit had descended upon Him in a bodily shape, like a dove; not that Jesus might see Him first, for He knew Him even before He came in a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)