Matthew 4
“Then JESUS was led up by THE
SPIRIT into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, HE was
hungry.
3 And the tempter came and said to HIM,
‘If you are THE SON OF GOD, command these stones to become loaves
of bread.’
4 But
HE answered, “It is written,
‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of GOD.’
5 Then the devil took HIM to the holy city and set HIM on the
pinnacle of the temple
6 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,
lest YOU strike YOUR foot against
a stone.’
7 JESUS said to him,
‘Again it is written,
‘You shall not put THE LORD YOUR GOD to the test.’
8 Again, the devil took HIM to a very high
mountain and showed HIM all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
9 And he said to HIM,
‘All these I will give YOU, if YOU
will fall down and worship me.’
10 Then JESUS said to him,
‘Be gone, Satan! For it is written,
‘You shall worship THE LORD YOUR GOD
and HIM only shall you serve.’”
11 Then the devil left HIM, and behold, angels came and were
ministering to HIM.
JESUS Begins His Ministry
12 Now when HE heard that John
had been arrested, HE withdrew into Galilee.
13 And leaving Nazareth HE went
and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun
and Naphtali,
14 so that what was spoken by the
prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
15 ‘The land of Zebulun and the land
of Naphtali,
the way of the sea, beyond the
Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 the
people dwelling in darkness
have seen A GREAT LIGHT,
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,
on them A LIGHT has dawned.”
17 From that time JESUS began to preach, saying,
‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
JESUS Calls the First Disciples
18 While 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.
19 And HE said to them,
‘Follow
ME, and I will make you fishers of men.’
20 Immediately
they left their nets and followed HIM.
21 And 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, and HE called them.
22 Immediately they left the boat and
their father and followed HIM.
JESUS Ministers to Great Crowds
23 And HE went throughout all
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM
and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
24 So HIS fame spread throughout
all Syria, and they brought HIM all the sick, those afflicted with
various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those
having seizures, and paralytics, and HE healed them.
25 And great crowds followed HIM from
Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond
the Jordan.”
