Matthew 4
4
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 40 days and 40 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
4But He answered, “It is written:
Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.” # Dt 8:3 # Dt 8:3
5Then the Devil took Him to the holy city, # = Jerusalem 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.” # Ps 91:11-12; 1Pt 2:8 # Ps 91:11-12
7Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.” # Dt 6:16; 1Sm 7:3; 1Ch 21:1 # Dt 6:16
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.” # Or and pay me homage
10Then Jesus told him, “Go away, # Other mss read Get behind Me Satan! For it is written:
Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only # Dt 6:13; 1Ch 21:1 Him.” # Dt 6:13
11Then the Devil left Him, and immediately 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 behind 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:
15Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
along the sea road, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles!
16The people who live in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the shadowland of death,
light has dawned. # Lit dawned on them # Is 9:1-2; 42:7; Lk 2:32 # Is 9:1-2
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 was called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen. 19“Follow Me,” He told them, “and I will make you fish for # Lit 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, mending their nets, and He called them. 22Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
Teaching, Preaching, and Healing
23Jesus was going 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 # Or every kind of disease and sickness 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, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. # Mk 3:7; 5:20; Lk 6:17
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Matthew 4
4
Overcoming Temptation with God’s Word
1Then Yeshua was led by the Ruach into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2After He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
3And when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are Ben-Elohim, tell these stones to become bread.”
4But He replied, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
5Then the devil took Him into the holy city and placed Him on the highest point of the Temple.
6“If You are Ben-Elohim,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written, ‘He shall command His angels concerning you,’ and ‘upon their hands they shall lift you up, so that you may not strike your foot against a stone.’”
7Yeshua said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put Adonai your God to the test.’”
8Again, the devil takes Him to a very high mountain and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
9And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.”
10Then Yeshua says to him, “Go away, satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship Adonai your God, and Him only shall you serve.’”
11Then the devil leaves Him. And behold, angels came and began to take care of Him.
Yeshua Withdraws to Seek God
12Now when Yeshua heard that John had been handed over, He withdrew to the Galilee.
13Leaving Natzeret, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali.
14This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
15“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations—
16the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and those sitting in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”
17From then on, Yeshua began to proclaim, “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Raising Up Fishers of Men
18Now as Yeshua was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter and Andrew his brother. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
19And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
20Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, Jacob the son of Zebedee and John his brother. They were in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and He called them.
22Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
23Yeshua was going throughout all the Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.
24News about Him spread throughout all Syria. And they brought to Him all the sick—those tormented by various diseases and afflictions, those plagued by demons, the epileptics, the paralyzed—and He healed them.
25And large crowds followed Him from the Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
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