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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 Mace New Testament</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="../">Mace</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/matthew/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Temptation of Jesus<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/1.htm#12">Mark 1:12–13</a>; <a href ="../luke/4.htm">Luke 4:1–13</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil: <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>there having fasted forty days and forty nights, he at length grew hungry. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>whereupon the tempter came to him, and said, "If thou be the Son of God, command these stones to become bread." <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>but Jesus answered him, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every thing that God shall prescribe."<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>then the devil took Jesus with him to Jerusalem, and having set him on the wing of the temple, he said to him,<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>if you are the Son of God, throw your self down: for it is written, "he will charge his angels to take care of you, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest you bruise your foot against a stone."<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus replied, it is likewise written, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Again, the devil accompanyed him up a very high mountain, and representing to him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them: all these things, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>said he, will I give you, if you will prostrate your self and worship me. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then said Jesus to him, get thee hence Satan: for it it written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>whereupon the devil left him, and immediately angels came and ministred unto him.<p> <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Begins His Ministry<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/1.htm#14">Mark 1:14–15</a>; <a href ="../luke/4.htm#14">Luke 4:14–15</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>After this, Jesus having heard that John was confined in prison, retired into Galilee. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, a maritime town upon the confines of Zabulon and Nepthalim: <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>whereby those words of Esaias the prophet, had their full effect, "the land of Zabulon,<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and the land of Nephthalim, lying upon the sea, and about Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:<p> <A name="17"></a><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 those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up."<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>from that time Jesus began to preach, "Repent, said he, for the kingdom of the Messiah draws nigh."<p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">The First Disciples<br /><span class="cross">(<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>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now as Jesus was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting their net into the sea: for they were fishermen. <A name="20"></a><span class="red"><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and he said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men: <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>so they immediately left their nets, and followed him. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in a bark with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and Jesus having called them, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>they immediately left the bark with their father, and followed him.<p> <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Heals the Multitudes<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/3.htm#7">Mark 3:7–12</a>; <a href ="../luke/6.htm#17">Luke 6:17–19</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Thus went Jesus about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all sorts of diseases and infirmities among the people:<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>so that his fame was spread over all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were afflicted with any diseases or pains, demoniacs, lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and a great multitude of people followed him from Galilee, from Decapolis, from Jerusalem, from Judea, and from about Jordan.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>