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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Matthew 4 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Matthew 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/3.htm" title="Matthew 3">◄</a> Matthew 4 <a href="../matthew/5.htm" title="Matthew 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/matthew/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.">a</a></sup></span> by the devil. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Jesus answered, <span class="red">“It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Deut. 8:3">b</a></sup></span> ”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,</p><p class="line2">and they will lift you up in their hands,</p><p class="line2">so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Psalm 91:11,12">c</a></sup></span> ”</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus answered him, <span class="red">“It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Deut. 6:16">d</a></sup></span> ”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Jesus said to him, <span class="red">“Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’ <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Deut. 6:13">e</a></sup></span> ”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Jesus Begins to Preach</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,</p><p class="line2">the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,</p><p class="line2">Galilee of the Gentiles—</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>the people living in darkness</p><p class="line2">have seen a great light;</p><p class="line1">on those living in the land of the shadow of death</p><p class="line2">a light has dawned.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 9:1,2">f</a></sup></span> </p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>From that time on Jesus began to preach, <span class="red">“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”</span></p> <p class="sectionhead">Jesus Calls His First Disciples</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">“Come, follow me,”</span> Jesus said, <span class="red">“and I will send you out to fish for people.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>At once they left their nets and followed him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Jesus Heals the Sick</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, the Ten Cities">g</a></sup></span> Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Greek for <i>tempted</i> can also mean <i>tested</i>.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotebot">Deut. 8:3</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotebot">Psalm 91:11,12</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">Deut. 6:16</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">Deut. 6:13</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 9:1,2</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, the Ten Cities</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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