Chapter IV: Christ Commencing His Public Ministry

1 [4:12]AND when he heard that John was delivered up, he departed to Galilee; [4:13]and leaving Nazareth he came and lived at Capernaum on the lake, in the bounds of Zebulon and Naphtali, [4:14]that the word might be fulfilled, spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; [4:15]Land of Zebulon and Naphtali, by the way of the lake, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations, [4:16]the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shade of death has light arisen. [4:17]From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Change your minds; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

2 [4:18]And walking by the lake of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. [4:19]And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishermen of men. [4:20]And they left their nets, immediately, and followed him. [4:21]And going forward thence, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. [4:22]And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

3 [4:23]And he went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. [4:24]And his fame went out into all Syria; and they brought him all that were ill, afflicted with various diseases and torments, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them; [4:25] and great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.