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Matthew 4

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1 Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil:
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.
2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
3 And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.
3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 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.
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
5 Then the devil takes him to the holy city, and sets him upon the edge of the temple,
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
6 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.
6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
7 Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.
7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
8 Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
9 and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.
9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
10 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.
10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”
11 Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
12 But having heard that John was delivered up, he departed into Galilee:
12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.
13 and having left Nazareth, he went and dwelt at Capernaum, which is on the sea-side in the borders of Zabulon and Nepthalim,
13 Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali—
14 that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,
14 to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
15 Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of [the] sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 -- 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.
16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
17 From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
18 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;
18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
19 and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
20 And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.
20 At once they left their nets and followed him.
21 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;
21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,
22 and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.
22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
23 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.
23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
24 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.
24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.
25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and beyond the Jordan.
25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
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