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Then he said, "They're yours - lock, stock, and barrel. Just go down on your knees and worship me, and they're yours."
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Jesus' refusal was curt: "Beat it, Satan!" He backed his rebuke with a third quotation from Deuteronomy: "Worship the Lord your God, and only him. Serve him with absolute single-heartedness."
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The Test was over. The Devil left. And in his place, angels! Angels came and took care of Jesus' needs. Teaching and Healing
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When Jesus got word that John had been arrested, he returned to Galilee.
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He moved from his hometown, Nazareth, to the lakeside village Capernaum, nestled at the base of the Zebulun and Naphtali hills.
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This move completed Isaiah's sermon:
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Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, road to the sea, over Jordan, Galilee, crossroads for the nations.
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People sitting out their lives in the dark saw a huge light; Sitting in that dark, dark country of death, they watched the sun come up.
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This Isaiah-prophesied sermon came to life in Galilee the moment Jesus started preaching. He picked up where John left off: "Change your life. God's kingdom is here."
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Walking along the beach of Lake Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers: Simon (later called Peter) and Andrew. They were fishing, throwing their nets into the lake. It was their regular work.
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Jesus said to them, "Come with me. I'll make a new kind of fisherman out of you. I'll show you how to catch men and women instead of perch and bass."