The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Matthew 04
1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into
the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 When he had fasted forty days and
forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
3 The tempter came and said to him, “If
you are the Son of God, command that
these stones become bread.”
4 But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man
shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”*
5 Then the devil took him into the holy
city. He 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,
so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’ ”*
7 Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written,
‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’ ”*
8 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly
high mountain, and showed him all
the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
9 He said to him, “I will give you all
of these things, if you will fall down and
worship me.”
10 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.’ ” *
11 Then the devil left him, and behold,
angels came and served him.
12 Now when Jesus heard that John was
delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
13 Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived
in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the
region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
14 that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of
Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles,
16 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.”*
17 From that time, Jesus began to preach,
and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of
Heaven is at hand.”
18 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 He said to them, “Come after me, and I
will make you fishers for men.”
20 They immediately left their nets and
followed him.
21 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.
22 They immediately left the boat and
their father, and followed him.
23 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.
24 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.
25 Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis,
Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.