Matthew 4
Matthew 4
1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2And when He had fasted
forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are
the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4But 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.’ ”
5Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6and said to Him, “If You
are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
and,
7Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”
8Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the
world and their glory. 9And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship
me.”
10Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and
Him only you shall serve.’ ”
11Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
12Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 13And leaving Nazareth, He
came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
17From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
18And 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. 19Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you
fishers of men.” 20They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
21Going 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, 22and immediately they left the boat and their
father, and followed Him.