The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.

Brothers and sisters: Through one man sin ­entered the world, and through sin, death, and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned [—for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world, though sin is not accounted when there is no law.

At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

If you hold back your foot on the sabbath/ from following your own pursuits on my holy day;/ If you call the sabbath a delight,/ and the Lord’s holy day honorable;/ If you honor it by not following your ways,/ seeking your own interests, or speaking with malice—/ Then you shall delight in the Lord,/ and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;/ I will nourish you with the heritage of Jacob, your father,/ for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post.