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Matthew 4

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1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
1 Then Jesus was led of a Spirit into desert, to be tempted of the fiend [to be tempted of the devil].
2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he hungered.
3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
3 And the tempter came nigh, and said to him, If thou be God's Son [If thou art the Son of God], say that these stones be made loaves.
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
4 Which answered, and said to him, It is written, Not only in bread liveth man, but in each word that cometh forth of God's mouth. [Which answering said to him, It is written, A man liveth not in bread alone, but in every word that cometh forth from the mouth of God.]
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
5 Then the fiend took him into the holy city, and setted him on the pinnacle of the temple, [Then the devil took him into the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,]
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.’ ”
6 and said to him, If thou art God's Son, send thee adown [and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, send thee down]; for it is written, That to his angels he commanded of thee, and they shall take thee in [the] hands, lest peradventure thou hurt thy foot at a stone.
7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
7 Again Jesus said to him, It is written, Thou shalt not tempt thy Lord God. [Again Jesus said to him, It is written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.]
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
8 Again the fiend [Again the devil] took him [up] into a full high hill, and showed to him all the realms of the world, and the joy of them [and the glory of them];
9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
9 and said to him, All these I shall give to thee, if thou fall down and worship me.
10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”
10 Then Jesus said to him, Go, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship thy Lord God [for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God], and to him alone thou shalt serve.
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
11 Then the fiend left him [Then the devil left him]; and lo! angels came nigh, and served to him.
12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.
12 But when Jesus had heard that John was taken, he went into Galilee.
13 Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali—
13 And he left the city of Nazareth, and came [And the city of Nazareth left, he came], and dwelt in the city of Capernaum, beside the sea, in the coasts [in the ends] of Zabulon and Nephthalim,
14 to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
14 that it should be fulfilled, that was said by Esaias, the prophet, saying,
15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
15 The land of Zabulon and the land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea over Jordan, of Galilee of heathen men,
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.”
16 the people that walked in darknesses saw great light [the people that dwelt in darknesses saw great light], and while men sat in the country of [the] shadow of death, light arose to them [light is sprung to them].
17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and [to] say, Do ye penance, for the kingdom of heavens shall come nigh [for the realm of heaven hath nighed].
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.
18 And Jesus walked beside the sea of Galilee, and saw two brethren [Soothly Jesus, walking beside the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren], Simon, that is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting nets [sending a net] into the sea; for they were fishers.
19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
19 And he said to them, Come ye after me, and I shall make you to be made fishers of men.
20 At once they left their nets and followed him.
20 And at once [And anon] they left their nets, and followed him.
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,
21 And he went forth from that place, and saw twain other brethren [And he going forth from that place, saw two other brethren], James of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in a ship with Zebedee, their father, amending their nets, and he called them.
22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
22 And at once [Soothly anon] they left the nets and the father, and followed him.
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.
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in the synagogues of them, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every languor and each sickness among the people [and healing all sorrow, or ache, and all sickness in the people].
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.
24 And his fame went into all Syria; and they brought to him all that were at mal-ease, and that were taken with diverse languors and torments, and them that had fiends, and lunatic men, and men in palsy [and they brought to him all men having evil, taken with diverse sores and torments, and them that had devils, and lunatic men, and men in the palsy], and he healed them.
25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
25 And there followed him much people of Galilee [And there followed him many companies of Galilee], and of Decapolis, and of Jerusalem, and of Judaea, and of beyond Jordan.
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