Luke 4:1-13 - And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, ‘If you be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.’
4 And Jesus answered him, saying, ‘It is written, that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain, showed unto him all the Kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, ‘All this power will I give you, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If you therefore will worship me, all shall be yours.’ 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, ‘Get behind me, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’
9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, ‘If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you: 11 And in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.’
12 And Jesus answering said unto him, ‘It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
John the Baptist is Challenged
John 1:15-51 - John bare witness of him, and spoke up, saying, ‘This was he of whom I spoke, ‘He that comes after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.’
19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, ‘Who are you?’ 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, ‘I am not the Christ.’ 21 And they asked him, ‘What then? Are you Elias?’ And he said, ‘I am not.’ ‘Are you that prophet?’ And he answered, ‘No.’
22 Then said they unto him, ‘Who are you? That we may give an answer to them that sent us. What do you say for yourself?’ 23 He said, ‘I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.’ 24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, ‘Why do you baptize then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?’ 26 John answered them, saying, ‘I baptize with water: but there stands one among you, whom you know not; 27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.’ 28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John sees Jesus coming unto him, and said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world. 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.’ 31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.’
32 And John bore record, saying, ‘I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, ‘Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.’
‘We Have Found the Messiah!’
35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; 36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God!’ 37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said unto them, ‘What do you seek?’ They said unto him, ‘Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where do you stay?’ 39 He said unto them, ‘Come and see.’ They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first finds his own brother Simon, and said unto him, ‘We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.’ 42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, ‘You are Simon the son of Jonah: you shall be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone.’
43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and finds Philip, and said unto him, ‘Follow me.’ 44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael, and said unto him, ‘We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’
46 And Nathanael said unto him, ‘Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?’ Philip said unto him, ‘Come and see.’ 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, ‘Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael said unto him, ‘How do you know me?’ Jesus answered and said unto him, ‘Before that Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.’ 49 Nathanael answered and said unto him, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.’
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, ‘Because I said unto you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these.’ 51 And he said unto him, ‘Truly, truly, I say unto you, Hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.’
Jesus’ First Miracle: Water into Wine
John 2:1-25 - And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus said unto him, ‘They have no wine.’
4 Jesus said unto her, ‘Woman, what have I to do with you? My hour is not yet come.’ 5 His mother said unto the servants, ‘Whatsoever he said unto you, do it.’ 6 And there were set there six water pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
7 Jesus said unto them, ‘Fill the water pots with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said unto them, ‘Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast.’ And they bare it. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not where it came from: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 And said unto him, ‘Every man at the beginning does set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but you have kept the good wine until now.’
11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
Jesus Drives Out the Merchants for the First Time
13 And the Jews’ Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And he said unto them that sold doves, ‘Take these things out of here; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise!’ 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, ‘The zeal of your house has eaten me up.’
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, ‘What sign do you show unto us, seeing that you do these things?’ 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’
20 Then said the Jews, ‘Forty-six years was this temple in building, and will you rear it up in three days?’ 21 But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
Nicodemus Comes to Jesus by Night
John 3:1-36 - There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him.’
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, ‘Truly, truly, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.’ 4 Nicodemus said unto him, ‘How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, ‘Truly, truly, I say unto you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto you, You must be born again. 8 The wind blows wherever it wants to go, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell what it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.’
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, ‘How can these things be?’ 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, ‘Are you a master of Israel, and you don’t know these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say unto you, We speak that we do know, and testify about things we have seen; and you receive not our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things, and you believe not, how shall you believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.’