| 4 | Matthew | ||
| 1 | JESUS WAS THEN led away by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. | The Temptation of Jesus Mt.4.1-11 (Wilderness of Judaea) -[ Mt.4.1-11 → ] - Mk.1.12-13, Lk.4.1-13 | |
| 2 | For forty days and nights he fasted, and at the end of them he was famished. | ||
| 3 | The tempter approached him and said, 'If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.' | ||
| 4 | Jesus answered, 'Scripture says, "Man cannot live on bread alone; he lives on every word that God utters." ' | - Man shall not live by bread alone Mt.4.4 - Dt.8.3 | |
| 5 | The devil then took him to the Holy City and set him on the parapet of the temple. | ||
| 6 | 'If you are the Son of God,' he said, 'throw yourself down; for Scripture says, "He will put his angels in charge of you and they will support you in their arms, for fear you should strike your foot against a stone." ' | - He will give his angels charge of you Mt.4.6 - Ps.91.11-12 | |
| 7 | Jesus answered him, 'Scripture says again you are not to put the Lord your God to the test." ' | - You shall not tempt the Lord your God Mt.4.7 - Dt.6.16 | |
| 8 | Once again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their glory. | ||
| 9 | 'All these', he said, 'I will give you, if you will only fall down and do me homage.' | ||
| 10 | But Jesus said, 'Begone, Satan! Scripture says, "You shall do homage to the Lord your God and worship him alone." ' | - You shall worship the Lord your God Mt.4.10 - Dt.6.13 | |
| 11 | Then the devil left him, and angels appeared and waited on him. | ||
| 12 | When he heard that John had been arrested, Jesus withdrew to Galilee; | The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry Mt.4.12-17 (Machaerus-Capernaum) -[ Mt.4.12-17 → ] - Mk.1.14-15, Lk.4.14-15 | |
| 13 | and leaving Nazareth he went and settled at Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee, in the district of Zebulun and Naphtali. | ||
| 14 | This was in fulfilment of the passage in the prophet Isaiah which tells of | ||
| 15 | 'the land of Zebulun, the land of Naphtali, the road by the sea, the land beyond Jordan, heathen Galilee', and says: | - The land of Zeb'ulun. Mt.4.15-16 - Is.9.1-2, Is.42.7 | |
| 16 | 'The people that lived in darkness saw a great light; light dawned on the dwellers in the land of death's dark shadow.' | ||
| 17 | From that day Jesus began to proclaim the message: 'Repent; for the kingdom of Heaven is upon you.' | ||
| 18 | JESUS WAS WALKING by the Sea of Galilee when is he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishermen. | The Calling of Four Fishermen Mt.4.18-22 (Capernaum) -[ Mt.4.18-22 → ] - Mk.1.16-20, Lk.5.1-11 | |
| 19 | Jesus said to them, 'Come with me, and I will make you fishers of men.' | ||
| 20 | They left their nets at once and followed him. | ||
| 21 | He went on, and saw another pair of brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they were in the boat with their father Zebedee, overhauling their nets. He called them, | ||
| 22 | and at once they left the boat and their father, and followed him. | ||
| 23 | He went round the whole of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, and curing whatever illness or infirmity there was among the people. | Ministering to a Great Multitude Mt.4.23-25 (Galilee) -[ Mt.4.23-25 → ] - Lk.6.17-19 | |
| 24 | His fame reached the whole of Syria; and sufferers from every kind of illness, racked with pain, possessed by devils, epileptic, or paralysed, were all brought to him, and he cured them. | ||
| 25 | Great crowds also followed him, from Galilee and the Ten Towns , from Jerusalem and Judaea, and from Transjordan. | ||
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