Matthew 4:1WEB
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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Matthew 4:1WEB
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 4:2WEB
When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
Matthew 4:3WEB
The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
Matthew 4:4WEB
But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’”
Matthew 4:5WEB
Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
Matthew 4:6WEB
and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’”
Matthew 4:7WEB
Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”
Matthew 4:8WEB
Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Matthew 4:9WEB
He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”
Matthew 4:10WEB
Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”
Matthew 4:11WEB
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
Matthew 4:12WEB
Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
Matthew 4:13WEB
Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Matthew 4:14WEB
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
Matthew 4:15WEB
“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
Matthew 4:16WEB
the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”
Matthew 4:17WEB
From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 4:18WEB
Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Matthew 4:19WEB
He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”
Matthew 4:20WEB
They immediately left their nets and followed him.
Matthew 4:21WEB
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.
Matthew 4:22WEB
They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
Matthew 4:23WEB
Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matthew 4:24WEB
The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
Matthew 4:25WEB
Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.