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Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Matthew.4" /><h3 class="head1">The Temptation of Jesus</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>After he had fasted forty days and forty nights,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> he was hungry. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He answered, <span class="redletter">“It is written: <span class="otquote">Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.</span>”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.5" /> <A name="6"></a><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 pinnacle of the temple,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.6" /> <A name="7"></a><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:</p><blockquote class="otdynprose"><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">He will give his angels</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span class="otquote">orders concerning you</span>,</p><p class="scripture">and <span class="otquote">they will support you with their hands</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">so that you will not strike</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">your foot against a stone.</span>”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.6.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus told him, <span class="redletter">“It is also written: <span class="otquote">Do not test the Lord your God.</span>”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.8" /> <A name="9"></a><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 splendor. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.9" /> <A name="10"></a><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 will fall down and worship me.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.4.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Jesus told him, <span class="redletter">“Go away,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.4.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Satan! For it is written: <span class="otquote">Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.</span>”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Ministry in Galilee</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When he heard that John had been arrested,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> he withdrew into Galilee.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:</p><blockquote class="otdynprose"><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="otquote">Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan,</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">Galilee of the Gentiles.</span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="otquote">The people who live in darkness</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">have seen a great light,</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">and for those living in the land of the shadow of death,</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">a light has dawned.</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.4.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>From then on Jesus began to preach, <span class="redletter">“Repent, because the kingdom of heaven<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> has come near.”</span></p><h3 class="head1">The First Disciples</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>As<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> he was walking along the Sea of Galilee,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.18.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea — for they were fishermen. <span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Follow me,”</span> he told them, <span class="redletter">“and I will make you fish for<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.4.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> people.”</span> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Immediately they left their nets and followed him.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.21" /> <A name="22"></a><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 his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets, and he called them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.</p><h3 class="head1">Teaching, Preaching, and Healing</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.4.23.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> disease and sickness<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.4.23.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> among the people.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.23.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then the news about him spread throughout Syria.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.24.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> And he healed them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.4.25" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.4.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Matthew.4" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Matthew.4.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.9">4:9</a></span> Or <span class="italic">and pay me homage</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.4.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.10">4:10</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">“Get behind me</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.4.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.16">4:16</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">dawned on them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.4.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.19">4:19</a></span> Or <span class="italic">you fishers of</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.4.23.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.23">4:23</a></span> Or <span class="italic">every kind of</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.4.23.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.23">4:23</a></span> Or <span class="italic">physical ailment</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Matthew.4" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.1">4:1-11</a></span> Mk 1:12–13; Lk 4:1–13</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.1">4:1</a></span> Jos 15:61; Jdg 1:16; Jn 1:6–7; Jms 1:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.2">4:2</a></span> Ex 34:28; 1Kg 19:8; Jn 9:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.3">4:3</a></span> Mk 3:11; 5:7; Lk 1:35; 4:41; Jn 1:34,49; Ac 9:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.4">4:4</a></span> Dt 8:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.4">4:4</a></span> Dt 8:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.5">4:5</a></span> Neh 11:1,18; Dn 9:24; Mt 27:53</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.6">4:6</a></span> Gn 16:7; Mt 13:49; Lk 1:11; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.6">4:6</a></span> Ps 91:11–12</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.6.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.6">4:6</a></span> Ps 91:11–12; 1Pt 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.7">4:7</a></span> Dt 6:16; 1Sm 7:3; 1Ch 21:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.7">4:7</a></span> Dt 6:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.10">4:10</a></span> Dt 6:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.10">4:10</a></span> Dt 6:13; 1Ch 21:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.11">4:11</a></span> Mt 26:53; Lk 22:43; Heb 1:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.12">4:12</a></span> Mt 14:3; Mk 1:14; Lk 3:20; Jn 3:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.12">4:12</a></span> Lk 4:14; Jn 1:43; 2:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.13">4:13</a></span> Mk 1:21; 2:1; Lk 4:23; Jn 2:12; 4:46</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.15">4:15-16</a></span> Is 9:1–2</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.15">4:15-16</a></span> Is 9:1–2; 42:7; Lk 2:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.17">4:17</a></span> Mt 3:2; 5:3,10,19–20; 7:21; 8:11; Mk 1:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.18">4:18-22</a></span> Mk 1:16–20; Lk 5:2–11; Jn 1:40–42</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.18.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.18">4:18</a></span> Mt 15:29; Mk 7:31; Lk 5:1; Jn 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.23">4:23-25</a></span> Mk 1:35–39; Lk 4:42–44</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.23.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.23">4:23</a></span> Mt 13:54; 24:14; Ac 10:38</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.24">4:24</a></span> Lk 2:2; Ac 15:23; Gl 1:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.24.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.24">4:24</a></span> Mt 8:16; 9:32; Mk 5:15; Jn 10:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.4.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.4.25">4:25</a></span> Mk 3:7; 5:20; Lk 6:17</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Matthew.4" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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