Jesus

then a voice came from heaven, "You are my Son, whom I love; I am well pleased with you."

Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness,

and he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by the Adversary. He was with the wild animals, and the angels took care of him.

After Yochanan had been arrested, Yeshua came into the Galil proclaiming the Good News from God:

As he walked beside Lake Kinneret, he saw Shim`on and Andrew, Shim`on's brother, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishermen.

Yeshua said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you into fishers for men!"

At once they left their nets and followed him.

Going on a little farther, he saw Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan, his brother, in their boat, repairing their nets.

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zavdai in the boat with the hired men and went after Yeshua.

They entered K'far-Nachum, and on Shabbat Yeshua went into the synagogue and began teaching.

They were amazed at the way he taught, for he did not instruct them like the Torah-teachers but as one who had authority himself.

"What do you want with us, Yeshua from Natzeret? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One of God!"

But Yeshua rebuked the unclean spirit, "Be quiet and come out of him!"

They were all so astounded that they began asking each other, "What is this? A new teaching, one with authority behind it! He gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they obey him!"

And the news about him spread quickly through the whole region of the Galil.

Shim`on's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever, and they told Yeshua about her.

He came, took her by the hand and lifted her onto her feet. The fever left her, and she began helping them.

That evening after sundown, they brought to Yeshua all who were ill or held in the power of demons,

He healed many who were ill with various diseases and expelled many demons, but he did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who he was.

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Yeshua got up, left, went away to a lonely spot and stayed there praying.

But Shim`on and those with him went after him;

and when they found him, they said, "Everybody is looking for you."

He answered, "Let's go somewhere else -- to the other villages around here. I have to proclaim the message there too -- in fact this is why I came out."

So he traveled all through the Galil, preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.

A man afflicted with tzara`at came to Yeshua and begged him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean."