< Matthew 4 >

1 Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,
Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil:
2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He hungered.
and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.
3 And the tempting [one], having come to Him, said, “If You are the Son of God—speak that these stones may become loaves.”
And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.
4 But He answering said, “It has been written: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word coming forth from the mouth of God.”
But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.
5 Then the Devil takes Him to the [holy] city, and sets Him on the pinnacle of the temple,
Then the devil takes him to the holy city, and sets him upon the edge of the temple,
6 and says to Him, “If You are the Son of God—cast Yourself down, for it has been written that, His messengers He will charge concerning you, and on hands they will bear you up, that you may not dash your foot on a stone.”
and says to him, If thou be Son of God cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee, and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in anywise thou strike thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said to him again, “It has been written: You will not tempt the LORD your God.”
Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.
8 Again the Devil takes Him to a very high mountain, and shows to Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,
Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,
9 and says to Him, “All these I will give to You, if falling down You may worship me.”
and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.
10 Then Jesus says to him, “Go—Satan, for it has been written: You will worship the LORD your God, and Him only will you serve.”
Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
11 Then the Devil leaves Him, and behold, messengers came and were ministering to Him.
Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
12 And Jesus, having heard that John was delivered up, withdrew to Galilee,
But having heard that John was delivered up, he departed into Galilee:
13 and having left Nazareth, having come, He dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,
and having left Nazareth, he went and dwelt at Capernaum, which is on the sea-side in the borders of Zabulon and Nepthalim,
14 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,
15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations!
Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of [the] sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
16 The people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death—light arose to them.”
— the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in [the] country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.
17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim and to say, “Convert, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near.”
From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a drag into the sea—for they were fishers—
And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;
19 and He says to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men,”
and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 and they, immediately, having left the nets, followed Him.
And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.
21 And having advanced from there, He saw two other brothers, James of Zebedee, and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, refitting their nets, and He called them,
And going on thence he saw other two brothers, James the [son] of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their trawl-nets, and he called them;
22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, followed Him.
and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.
23 And Jesus was going in all of Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people,
And [Jesus] went round the whole [of] Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every bodily weakness among the people.
24 and His fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to Him all the ill having manifold oppressing diseases and torments—and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics—and He healed them.
And his fame went out into the whole [of] Syria, and they brought to him all that were ill, suffering under various diseases and pains, and those possessed by demons, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
25 And there followed Him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
And great crowds followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and beyond the Jordan.

< Matthew 4 >