Mark 1:12-28

12Immediately the Spirit drove him into the wilderness.

13He was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels were serving him.

14After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God:

15“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

16As he passed alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea  — for they were fishermen.

17“Follow me,” Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for people.”

18Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

19Going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat putting their nets in order.

20Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

21They went into Capernaum, and right away he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

22They were astonished at his teaching because he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not like the scribes.

23Just then a man with an unclean spirit was in their synagogue. He cried out,

24“What do you have to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!”

25Jesus rebuked him saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!”

26And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions, shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.

27They were all amazed, and so they began to ask each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

28At once the news about him spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.