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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 NLT</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="../">NLT</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 Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/matthew/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Temptation of Jesus</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 there by the devil. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>During that time the devil<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But Jesus told him, <span class="red">“No! The Scriptures say,</span></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="red">‘People do not live by bread alone,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>”</span></p><p class="b"/><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, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">‘He will order his angels to protect you.</p><p class="line1">And they will hold you up with their hands</p><p class="line2">so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a>”</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus responded, <span class="red">“The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the </span><span class="red"><span class="sc">Lord</span></span><span class="red"> your God.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a>”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel 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><span class="red">“Get out of here, Satan,”</span> Jesus told him. <span class="red">“For the Scriptures say,</span></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="red">‘You must worship the </span><span class="red"><span class="sc">Lord</span></span><span class="red"> your God</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">and serve only him.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a>”</span></p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.</p><p class="hdg">The Ministry of Jesus Begins</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 arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He went first to Nazareth, then left there and moved to Capernaum, beside the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>This fulfilled what God said through the prophet Isaiah:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“In the land of Zebulun and of Naphtali,</p><p class="line2">beside the sea, beyond the Jordan River,</p><p class="line2">in Galilee where so many Gentiles live,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>the people who sat in darkness</p><p class="line2">have seen a great light.</p><p class="line1">And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow,</p><p class="line2">a light has shined.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>From then on Jesus began to preach, <span class="red">“Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a>”</span></p><p class="hdg">The First Disciples</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Jesus called out to them, <span class="red">“Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And they left their nets at once and followed him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>A little farther up the shore he saw two other brothers, James and John, sitting in a boat with their father, Zebedee, repairing their nets. And he called them to come, too. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind.</p><p class="hdg">Crowds Follow Jesus</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the tempter.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Deut 8:3.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:6 </span><span class="ft">Ps 91:11-12.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Deut 6:16.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:10 </span><span class="ft">Deut 6:13.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:15-16 </span><span class="ft">Isa 9:1-2 (Greek version).</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">has come,</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">is coming soon.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:25 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Decapolis.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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