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Matthew 4

Matthew 4

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    Satan Tempts Jesus

    Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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    The Temptation of Jesus

    Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil.
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    And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.
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    For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.
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    Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
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    During that time the devila came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
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    But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
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    But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,
    ‘People do not live by bread alone,
    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’b”
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    Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,
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    Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,
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    and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
    ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’
    and,
    ‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
    Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
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    and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,
    ‘He will order his angels to protect you.
    And they will hold you up with their hands
    so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’c”
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    Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not [a]tempt the Lord your God.’ ”
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    Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’d”
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    Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
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    Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
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    And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
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    “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
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    Then Jesus said to him, [b]“Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
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    “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,
    ‘You must worship the Lord your God
    and serve only him.’e”
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    Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
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    Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.
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    Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry

    Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee.
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    The Ministry of Jesus Begins

    When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
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    And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,
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    He went first to Nazareth, then left there and moved to Capernaum, beside the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
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    that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
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    This fulfilled what God said through the prophet Isaiah:
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    “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
    By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
    Galilee of the Gentiles:
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    “In the land of Zebulun and of Naphtali,
    beside the sea, beyond the Jordan River,
    in Galilee where so many Gentiles live,
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    The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
    And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
    Light has dawned.”
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    the people who sat in darkness
    have seen a great light.
    And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow,
    a light has shined.”f
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    From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven [c]is at hand.”
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    From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.g”
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    Four Fishermen Called as Disciples

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

    One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers — Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew — throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.
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    Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
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    Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”
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    They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
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    And they left their nets at once and followed him.
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    Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them,
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    A little farther up the shore he saw two other brothers, James and John, sitting in a boat with their father, Zebedee, repairing their nets. And he called them to come, too.
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    and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
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    They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind.
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    Jesus Heals a Great Multitude

    And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
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    Crowds Follow Jesus

    Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.
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    Then [d]His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them.
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    News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or epileptic or paralyzed — he healed them all.
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    Great multitudes followed Him — from Galilee, and from [e]Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
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    Large crowds followed him wherever he went — people from Galilee, the Ten Towns,h Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.
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