Words of Jesus

Previous Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11 Jesus Calls Four Disciples Jesus stood on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, teaching the word of God to those who pressed about him.  He entered one of two ships that were standing by the lake and requested Simon, called Peter, whose boat it was, to thrust out a little from the land. Simon did so, and Jesus taught the assembled crowd from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon: “Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.” Simon replied: “Master, we have toiled all night, and have taken nothing. Nevertheless, at thy word, I will let down the net.” They did so and caught a great multitude of fishes, so many that their net was broken. They beckoned to Simon’s partners, James and John, sons of Zebedee, who came and helped them. They filled both ships so full that the ships began to sink. When Simon saw the great catch of fishes, he knelt at Jesus’ knees saying: “Depart from me; for I

Previous Matthew 4:12-17, 13:53-58; Mark 1:14-15, 6:1-6; Luke 4:16-30 Jesus And His Message Rejected At Nazareth Hearing that John had been cast into prison, Jesus returned to Galilee. He began to preach the gospel of God in the synagogues, saying: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent ye, and believe the gospel.” His fame was spread through all the regions round about. Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been reared, and went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, as was his custom. He stood up and read from the book of the prophet Isaiah, where it was written: “‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised; to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.’” All eyes fastened on him as he began to preach, saying: “This day is this scripture fulfilled

Previous Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13 The Temptation of Jesus Immediately after he had been baptized the Spirit of God led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted of Satan. After fasting for forty days and nights he was hungry. Satan came to him, saying: “If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.” Jesus replied: “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.’” Then Satan took him into the holy city and thence to a pinnacle of the temple and said: “If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written, “He shall give his angels charge concerning thee; and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.” Jesus replied: “It is written again, ‘Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.’” Then Satan took Jesus to the top of a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, saying: “All these things will I

Previous Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21, 22 The Baptism of Jesus By John When Jesus was thirty years of age, John the Baptist was preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sin. The people of Judea and Jerusalem went to him and were baptized in the waters of the Jordan River. From Nazareth Jesus went to John to be baptized. John hesitated, saying: “I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?” Jesus replied: “Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness.” So John baptized him and straightaway as Jesus went out of the water the Heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him. He heard a voice from Heaven, saying: “THOU ART MY BELOVED SON; IN THEE I AM WELL PLEASED.” Next