Matthew 4
New International Version - Matthew 4 << | >> 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 4:3 The tempter came to him and said, 'If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.' 4:4 Jesus answered, 'It is written: `Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' ' 4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 4:6 '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.' ' 4:7 Jesus answered him, 'It is also written: `Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' ' 4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 4:9 'All this I will give you,' he said, 'if you will bow down and worship me.' 4:10 Jesus said to him, 'Away from me, Satan! For it is written: `Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.' ' 4:11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him. 4:12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee. 4:13 Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali-- 4:14 to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: 4:15 'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- 4:16 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.' 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.' 4:18 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. 4:19 'Come, follow me,' Jesus said, 'and I will make you fishers of men.' 4:20 At once they left their nets and followed him. 4:21 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, 4:22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. 4:23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 4:24 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. 4:25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.