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Matthew 4 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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The Temptation of Jesus

(Mar 1:12, 13; Luk 4:1–13 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:1 - Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3 - And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread."
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:4 - But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:5 - Then the devil took him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:6 - and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge of you,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:7 - Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:8 - Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:9 - and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me."
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:10 - Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! for it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:11 - Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

(Mar 1:14, 15; Luk 4:14, 15 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:12 - Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:13 - and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Caper'na-um by the sea, in the territory of Zeb'ulun and Naph'tali,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:14 - that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - "The land of Zeb'ulun and the land of Naph'tali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles--
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 - the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned."
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:17 - From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

The First Disciples

(Mar 1:16–20; Luk 5:1–11 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:18 - As he walked 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:20 - Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:21 - And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zeb'edee and John his brother, in the boat with Zeb'edee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:22 - Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.

Ministry in Galilee

(Mar 1:35–39; Luk 4:44; 6:17–19 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:23 - And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:24 - So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:25 - And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decap'olis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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