Matthew 4
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The Temptation of Jesus
1Then#Mk 1:12–13; Lk 4:1–13 Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.#Jos 15:61; Jdg 1:16; Jn 1:6–7; Jms 1:14 2After he had fasted forty days and forty nights,#Ex 34:28; 1Kg 19:8; Jn 9:4 he was hungry. 3Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”#Mk 3:11; 5:7; Lk 1:35; 4:41; Jn 1:34,49; Ac 9:20
4He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”#4:4 Dt 8:3#Dt 8:3
5Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,#Neh 11:1,18; Dn 9:24; Mt 27:53 6and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:
He will give his angels #
Gn 16:7; Mt 13:49; Lk 1:11; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6 orders concerning you,
and they will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.”#4:6 Ps 91:11–12#Ps 91:11–12; 1Pt 2:8
7Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”#4:7 Dt 6:16#Dt 6:16; 1Sm 7:3; 1Ch 21:1
8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”#4:9 Or and pay me homage
10Then Jesus told him, “Go away,#4:10 Other mss read “Get behind me Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”#4:10 Dt 6:13#Dt 6:13; 1Ch 21:1
11Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.#Mt 26:53; Lk 22:43; Heb 1:14
Ministry in Galilee
12When he heard that John had been arrested,#Mt 14:3; Mk 1:14; Lk 3:20; Jn 3:24 he withdrew into Galilee.#Lk 4:14; Jn 1:43; 2:11 13He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum#Mk 1:21; 2:1; Lk 4:23; Jn 2:12; 4:46 by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
15 Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles.
16 The people who live in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the land of the shadow of death,
a light has dawned. # 4:16 Lit dawned on them # 4:15–16 Is 9:1–2 #
Is 9:1–2; 42:7; Lk 2:32
17From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven#Mt 3:2; 5:3,10,19–20; 7:21; 8:11; Mk 1:14 has come near.”
The First Disciples
18As#Mk 1:16–20; Lk 5:2–11; Jn 1:40–42 he was walking along the Sea of Galilee,#Mt 15:29; Mk 7:31; Lk 5:1; Jn 6:1 he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea — for they were fishermen. 19“Follow me,” he told them, “and I will make you fish for#4:19 Or you fishers of people.” 20Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
21Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets, and he called them. 22Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Teaching, Preaching, and Healing
23Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee,#Mk 1:35–39; Lk 4:42–44 teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every#4:23 Or every kind of disease and sickness#4:23 Or physical ailment among the people.#Mt 13:54; 24:14; Ac 10:38 24Then the news about him spread throughout Syria.#Lk 2:2; Ac 15:23; Gl 1:21 So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics.#Mt 8:16; 9:32; Mk 5:15; Jn 10:21 And he healed them. 25Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.#Mk 3:7; 5:20; Lk 6:17
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Matthew 4
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1Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,
2and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.
3And the Tempter having come to him said, ‘If Son thou art of God — speak that these stones may become loaves.’
4But he answering said, ‘It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.’
5Then doth the Devil take him to the [holy] city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
6and saith to him, ‘If Son thou art of God — cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.’
7Jesus said to him again, ‘It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.’
8Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,
9and saith to him, ‘All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.’
10Then saith Jesus to him, ‘Go — Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.’
11Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.
12And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,
13and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,
14that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
15‘Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! —
16the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death — light arose to them.’
17From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, ‘Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.’
18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea — for they were fishers —
19and he saith to them, ‘Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,’
20and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.
21And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them,
22and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.
23And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people,
24and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
25And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
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