Matthew 4

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The Temptation of Jesus

¹Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

¹Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.

²After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

²And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

³The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

³And the one tempting, having come to Him, said, “If You are the Son of God, speak, that these stones might become loaves.”

⁴But Jesus answered, “It is written:

‘Man shall not live on bread alone,

but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”^a

⁴But answering, He said, “It has been written: ‘Not on bread alone shall the man live, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God.’”

⁵Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.

⁵Then the devil takes Him to the holy city, and he set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,

⁶“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written:

‘He will command His angels concerning You,

and they will lift You up in their hands,

so that You will not strike Your foot

against a stone.’”^a

⁶and he says to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it has been written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and on hands they will lift You up, lest ever You might strike Your foot against a stone.’”

⁷Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”^a

⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it has been written: ‘You shall not test the Lord your God.’”

⁸Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

⁸Again the devil takes Him to a mountain exceedingly high and shows to Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

⁹“All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”

⁹And he said to Him, “All these things I will give to You if, falling down, You worship me.”

¹⁰“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”^a

¹⁰Then Jesus says to him, “Go away, Satan! For it has been written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.’”

¹¹Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.

¹¹Then the devil leaves Him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to Him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹²When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.

¹²And having heard that John was delivered up, He withdrew into Galilee.

¹³Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

¹³And having left Nazareth, having come, He dwelt at Capernaum, which is by the sea in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,

¹⁴to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁴that it might be fulfilled, that having been 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 Gentiles—

¹⁵“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

¹⁶the people living in darkness

have seen a great light;

on those living in the land of the shadow of death,

a light has dawned.”^a

¹⁶the people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in the region and shadow of death, a light dawned on them.”

¹⁷From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

¹⁷From that time Jesus began to proclaim and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.”

The First Disciples

¹⁸As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

¹⁸And walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

¹⁹“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

¹⁹And He says to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

²⁰And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

²⁰And immediately, having left the nets, they followed Him.

²¹Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,

²¹And having gone on from there, He saw two others, brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets; and He called them.

²²and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

²²And immediately, having left the boat and their father, they followed Him.

Jesus Heals the Multitudes

²³Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

²³And He was going about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

²⁴News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.

²⁴And the news of Him went out into all Syria. And they brought to Him all the ill having various diseases and oppressing torments, and being possessed by demons, and being epileptics, and paralytics, and He healed them.

²⁵Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis,^a Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

²⁵And there followed Him many crowds from Galilee, and the Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.