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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Matthew 4 New American Bible</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="/bmcc/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/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</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 American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch47004" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn47004" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">The Temptation of Jesus.</span> <span id="v47004001" class="ver">1</span><a id="rfn47004001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004001-1">*</a> <a id="ren47004001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004001-a">a</a> Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. <span id="v47004002" class="ver">2</span><a id="ren47004002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004002-b">b</a> He fasted for forty days and forty nights,<a id="rfn47004002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004002-1">*</a> and afterwards he was hungry. <span id="v47004003" class="ver">3</span>The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.” <span id="v47004004" class="ver">4</span><a id="rfn47004004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004004-1">*</a> He said in reply, “It is written:<a id="ren47004004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004004-c">c</a></p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">‘One does not live by bread alone,</p> <p class="sl1l">but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’ ”</p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v47004005" class="ver">5</span><a id="rfn47004005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004005-1">*</a> Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet of the temple, <span id="v47004006" class="ver">6</span>and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">‘He will command his angels concerning you’</p> <p class="sl1">and ‘with their hands they will support you,</p> <p class="sll">lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”<a id="ren47004006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004006-d">d</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v47004007" class="ver">7</span>Jesus answered him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’ ”<a id="ren47004007-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004007-e">e</a> <span id="v47004008" class="ver">8</span>Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence, <span id="v47004009" class="ver">9</span>and he said to him, “All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.”<a id="rfn47004009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004009-1">*</a> <span id="v47004010" class="ver">10</span>At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship</p> <p class="sl1l">and him alone shall you serve.’ ”<a id="ren47004010-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004010-f">f</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v47004011" class="ver">11</span>Then the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry.<a id="rfn47004012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004012-1">*</a></span> <span id="v47004012" class="ver">12</span><a id="ren47004012-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004012-g">g</a> When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. <span id="v47004013" class="ver">13</span>He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,<a id="ren47004013-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004013-h">h</a> <span id="v47004014" class="ver">14</span>that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v47004015" class="ver">15</span>“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,<a id="ren47004015-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004015-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl1">the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan,</p> <p class="sl1">Galilee of the Gentiles,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v47004016" class="ver">16</span>the people who sit in darkness</p> <p class="sl1">have seen a great light,</p> <p class="sl">on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death</p> <p class="sl1l">light has arisen.”<a id="ren47004016-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004016-j">j</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v47004017" class="ver">17</span><a id="rfn47004017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004017-1">*</a> From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say,<a id="ren47004017-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004017-k">k</a> “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Call of the First Disciples.<a id="rfn47004018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004018-1">*</a></span> <span id="v47004018" class="ver">18</span><a id="ren47004018-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004018-l">l</a> As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. <span id="v47004019" class="ver">19</span>He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” <span id="v47004020" class="ver">20</span><a id="rfn47004020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004020-1">*</a> At once they left their nets and followed him. <span id="v47004021" class="ver">21</span>He walked along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, <span id="v47004022" class="ver">22</span>and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Ministering to a Great Multitude.<a id="rfn47004023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004023-1">*</a></span> <span id="v47004023" class="ver">23</span>He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,<a id="rfn47004023-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004023-2">*</a> proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.<a id="ren47004023-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004023-m">m</a> <span id="v47004024" class="ver">24</span><a id="rfn47004024-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004024-1">*</a> His fame spread to all of Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick with various diseases and racked with pain, those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them. <span id="v47004025" class="ver">25</span><a id="ren47004025-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47004025-n">n</a> And great crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,<a id="rfn47004025-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47004025-1">*</a> Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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