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Matthew 4

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1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

3And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

5Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

6and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

7Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

8Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

9and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

11Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

12Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;

13and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali:

14that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

15The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

16The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.

17From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

18And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers.

19And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

20And they straightway left the nets, and followed him.

21And going on from thence he saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

22And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.

23And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.

24And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.

25And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judæa and from beyond the Jordan.

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Parallel translations · Matthew 4:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil:

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Key cross-references

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Matthew 4:1.

  • Ezekiel 40:2

    In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.

  • Hebrews 2:18

    For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

  • Hebrews 4:15

    For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

  • Ezekiel 3:14

    So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

  • Romans 8:14

    For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

  • 1 Kings 18:12

    And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.

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