Matthew 4
1 Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,
2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.
3 And the Tempter having come to him said, 'If Son thou art of God — speak that these stones may become loaves.'
4 But 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.'
5 Then doth the Devil take him to the holy city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
6 and 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.'
7 Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
8 Again 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,
9 and saith to him, 'All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'
10 Then 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.'
11 Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.
12 And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,
13 and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,
14 that 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! —
16 the 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.'
17 From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, 'Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'
18 And 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 —
19 and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'
20 and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.
21 And 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,
22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.
23 And 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,
24 and 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.
25 And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
Cross-references
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- 1Heb 2:18, Luk 4:1–13, Mrk 1:12–15, Heb 4:15–16, Rom 8:14, Ezk 43:5, Jhn 14:30, Ezk 3:14
- 2Deu 9:18, Exo 34:28, 1Ki 19:8, Luk 4:2, Deu 9:9, Exo 24:18, Deu 9:25, Mrk 11:12
- 3Gen 3:1–5, 1Th 3:5, Num 11:4–6, Luk 22:31–32, Rev 2:10, Psa 78:17–20, Gen 25:29–34, Mat 3:17
- 4Deu 8:3, Luk 4:4, Jhn 6:63, Jhn 6:31–59, Rom 15:4, Eph 6:17, Exo 16:15, Luk 4:8
- 5Luk 4:9, Mat 27:53, Rev 11:2, Isa 48:2, Neh 11:1, Dan 9:24, Jhn 19:11, Neh 11:18
- 6Psa 91:11–12, Heb 1:14, Psa 34:7, 2Co 11:14, Psa 34:20, Mat 4:4, Job 5:23, Job 1:10
- 7Deu 6:16, 1Co 10:9, Psa 78:18, Psa 78:41, Heb 3:9, Exo 17:2, Exo 17:7, Act 5:9
- 81Jn 2:15–16, Rev 11:15, Mat 16:26, Psa 49:16–17, Luk 4:5–7, 1Pe 1:24, Heb 11:24–26, Dan 4:30
- 92Co 4:4, Rev 22:8–9, Jhn 16:11, Rev 19:10, Dan 5:18–19, Psa 72:11, 1Co 10:20–21, Jer 27:5–6
- 10Deu 6:13–14, Deu 10:20, Jos 24:14, Luk 4:8, 1Sa 7:3, Jas 4:7, Mat 16:23, 1Pe 5:9
- 11Mat 26:53, Luk 22:43, Heb 1:14, Rev 5:11–12, Luk 4:13, Mat 4:6, Heb 1:6, Luk 22:53
- 12Mrk 1:14, Luk 3:20, Mat 14:3, Luk 4:14, Mrk 6:17, Jhn 3:24, Luk 4:31, Jhn 4:54
- 13Jhn 4:46, Mrk 1:21, Mat 11:23, Jhn 6:24, Jhn 6:59, Jhn 6:17, Jos 19:10–16, Mat 17:24
- 14Isa 9:1–2, Mat 2:23, Luk 24:44, Luk 22:37, Mat 2:15, Mat 12:17–21, Mat 1:22, Mat 8:17
- 15Isa 9:1
- 16Isa 9:2, Isa 42:6–7, Luk 1:78–79, Isa 60:1–3, Mic 7:8, Psa 107:10–14, Luk 2:32, Amo 5:8
- 17Mat 3:2, Act 2:38, Mrk 1:14–15, Luk 5:32, Luk 24:47, Act 17:30, Act 26:20, Mat 9:13
- 18Jhn 1:40–42, Mat 10:2, Luk 6:14, Mrk 1:16–20, Luk 5:1–11, Mat 16:18, Mat 15:29, Mrk 7:31
- 19Mrk 1:17–18, Jhn 12:26, Mat 16:24, Luk 9:59, Jhn 1:43, Jhn 21:22, Luk 5:27, Mrk 2:14
- 20Mrk 10:28–31, Mat 19:27, Luk 18:28–30, 1Ki 19:21, Psa 119:60, Mat 10:37, Gal 1:16
- 21Mat 10:2, Mrk 3:17, Mrk 1:19–20, Luk 5:10–11, Act 12:2, Jhn 21:2, Mat 20:20–21, Mrk 5:37
- 22Mat 10:37, Luk 9:59–60, Deu 33:9–10, Mrk 1:20, Luk 14:26, Luk 14:33, 2Co 5:16
- 23Mat 9:35, Mrk 1:39, Luk 7:22, Act 10:38, Mat 11:5, Luk 4:15–18, Mat 24:14, Psa 103:3
- 24Mat 17:15, Mat 8:6, Mat 17:18, Luk 5:15, Luk 2:2, Mat 12:22, Mat 15:22, Act 10:38
- 25Luk 6:17, Mrk 5:20, Mrk 3:7–8, Mrk 7:31, Mat 8:1, Mat 19:2, Mrk 6:2, Luk 6:19
Parallel passages
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- The Temptation in the WildernessMat 4:1–11, Mrk 1:12–13, Luk 4:1–13
- Calling the First DisciplesMat 4:18–22, Mrk 1:16–20
Topics in this chapter
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Agency, Ambition, Andrew, Angel (A Spirit), Apostles, Call, Capernaum, Church, Darkness, Decapolis, Decision, Demons, Duty, Faith, Falsehood, Fasting, Fishermen, Forty, Galilee, Glory, God, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Hunger, Insanity, James, Jerusalem, Jesus, the Christ, John, Judea, Light, Man, Minister, Christian, Miracles, Mountain, Net, Paralysis, Peter, Pinnacle (Wing), Preaching, Presumption, Prophecy, Quotations and Allusions, Repentance, Satan, Self-Denial, Suicide, Synagogue, Syria, Temple, Temptation, Wicked (People), Wilderness, Word of God, Worship, Zebedee, Zebulun