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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">NIV Parallel ESV <a href="../../bsb/matthew/4.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/matthew/4.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/matthew/4.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/matthew/4.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/matthew/4.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/matthew/4.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/matthew/4.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/matthew/4.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/matthew/4.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/matthew/4.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/matthew/4.shtml">GRK]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">New International Version</td><td class="version" width="50%">English Standard Version</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"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.'"<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali--<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles--<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">At once they left their nets and followed him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Immediately they left their nets and followed him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%"><a href="//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="//biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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