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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 ERV</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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</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">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">The Temptation of Jesus<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/1.htm#12">Mark 1:12-13</a>; <a href="../luke/4.htm">Luke 4:1-13</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: And on their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.</p> <a name="12" id="12"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Begins His Ministry<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../isaiah/9.htm">Isaiah 9:1-7</a>; <a href="../mark/1.htm#14">Mark 1:14-15</a>; <a href="../luke/4.htm#14">Luke 4:14-15</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The people which sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.</p> <a name="18" id="18"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Calls His First Disciples<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/13.htm#47">Matthew 13:47-52</a>; <a href="../mark/1.htm#16">Mark 1:16-20</a>; <a href="../luke/5.htm">Luke 5:1-11</a>; <a href="../john/1.htm#35">John 1:35-42</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And they straightway left the nets, and followed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And going on from thence he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.</p> <a name="23" id="23"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Heals Great Multitudes<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/6.htm#17">Luke 6:17-19</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with devils, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from beyond Jordan.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/matthew/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhsh.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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