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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 NET 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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">NET Bible</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">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/matthew/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">The Temptation of Jesus</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But he answered, “It is written, ‘<b><i>Man</i></b> <b><i>does not live</i></b> <b><i>by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God</i></b>.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, ‘<b><i>He will command his angels concerning you</i></b>’ and ‘<b><i>with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone</i></b>.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus said to him, “Once again it is written: ‘<b><i>You are not to put the Lord your God to the test</i></b>.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/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 grandeur. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘<b><i>You are to worship the Lord your God and serve</i></b> only <b><i>him</i></b>.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.</p> <p class="title">Preaching in Galilee</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now when Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, he went into Galilee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>so that what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled:</p> <p class="otpoetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“<b><i>Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,</i></b></p><p class="otpoetry2"><b><i>the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles –</i></b></p> <p class="otpoetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><b><i>the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light,</i></b></p><p class="otpoetry2"><i><b>and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned</b>.</i>”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>From that time Jesus began to preach this message: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”</p> <p class="title">The Call of the Disciples</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He said to them, “Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They left their nets immediately and followed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then he called them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.</p> <p class="title">Jesus’ Healing Ministry</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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