Matthew 4:12-14

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Jesus Begins His Work

(Mark 1.14,15; Luke 4.14,15)

¹²^(A) When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he went to Galilee. ¹³^(B) But instead of staying in Nazareth, Jesus moved to Capernaum. This town was beside Lake Galilee in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.^[a] ¹⁴So God's promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said,

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Footnotes

4.13 Zebulun and Naphtali: In Old Testament times these tribes were in northern Palestine, and in New Testament times many Gentiles lived where these tribes had once been.