Mark 1:12-28

21st Century King James Version

¹² And immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.

¹³ And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto Him.

¹⁴ Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God

¹⁵ and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent ye and believe the Gospel.”

¹⁶ Now as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.

¹⁷ And Jesus said unto them, “Come ye after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.”

¹⁸ And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed Him.

¹⁹ And when He had gone a little farther thence, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.

²⁰ And straightway He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.

²¹ And they went into Capernaum, and straightway on the Sabbath day He entered into the synagogue and taught.

²² And they were astonished at His doctrine, for He taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

²³ And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

²⁴ saying, “Let us alone. What have we to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Nazareth? Hast Thou come to destroy us? I know Thee and who Thou art — the Holy One of God!”

²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Hold thy peace, and come out of him!”

²⁶ And when the unclean spirit had torn him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him.

²⁷ And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What thing is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

²⁸ And immediately His fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.