Matthew 4

International Standard Version

Jesus is Tempted by Satan^(A)

4 After this, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil. ²After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, he finally became hungry.

³Then the tempter came. “Since^[a] you are the Son of God,” he said, “tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

⁴But he answered, “It is written,

‘One must not live on bread alone,
but on every word coming
out of the mouth of God.’”^[b]

⁵Then the Devil took him to the Holy City^[c] and had him stand on the highest point of the Temple. ⁶He told Jesus,^[d] “Since^[e] you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, because it is written,

‘God^[f] will put his angels in charge of you,’

and,

‘With their hands they will hold you up,
so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.’”^[g]

⁷Jesus responded to him, “It is also written, ‘You must not tempt the Lord^[h] your God.’”^[i]

⁸Once more the Devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, along with their splendor. ⁹He told Jesus,^[j] “I will give you all these things if you will bow down and worship me!”

¹⁰Then Jesus told him, “Go away,^[k] Satan! Because it is written,

‘You must worship the Lord your God
and serve only him.’”^[l]

¹¹So the Devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee^(B)

¹²Now when Jesus^[m] heard that John had been arrested, he went back to Galilee. ¹³He left Nazareth and settled in Capernaum by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴in order to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

¹⁵“O Land of Zebulun and Land of Naphtali,
    on the road to the sea, across the Jordan,
        Galilee of the unbelievers!^[n]
¹⁶The people living^[o] in darkness have seen a great light,
    and for those living^[p] in the land and shadow of death,
        a light has risen.”^[q]

¹⁷From then on, Jesus began to announce, “Repent, because the kingdom from^[r] heaven is near!”

Jesus Calls Four Fishermen^(C)

¹⁸While Jesus^[s] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon (also^[t] called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen. ¹⁹“Follow me,” he told them, “and I will make you fishers of people!” ²⁰So at once they left their nets and followed him. ²¹Going 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 repairing their nets. When he called them, ²²they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

Jesus Ministers to Many People^(D)

²³Then he went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people. ²⁴His fame spread throughout Syria, and people^[u] brought to him everyone who was sick—those afflicted with various diseases and pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralyzed—and he healed them. ²⁵Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,^[v] Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan followed him.

Footnotes

Matthew 4:3 Or “If, as is the case,
Matthew 4:4 Deut 8:3; MT source citation reads Lord
Matthew 4:5 I.e. Jerusalem
Matthew 4:6 Lit. him
Matthew 4:6 Or “If, as is the case,
Matthew 4:6 Lit. He
Matthew 4:6 Cf. Ps 91:11-12
Matthew 4:7 MT source citation reads Lord
Matthew 4:7 Cf. Deut 6:16
Matthew 4:9 Lit. him
Matthew 4:10 Other mss. read Get behind me
Matthew 4:10 Deut 6:13
Matthew 4:12 Lit. he
Matthew 4:15 Lit. gentiles; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews
Matthew 4:16 Lit. sitting
Matthew 4:16 Lit. sitting
Matthew 4:16 Cf. Isa 9:1-2
Matthew 4:17 Lit. of
Matthew 4:18 Lit. he
Matthew 4:18 The Gk. lacks also
Matthew 4:24 Lit. they
Matthew 4:25 Lit. the Ten Cities, a loose federation of ten cities strongly influenced by Greek culture

International Standard Version (ISV)

Matthew 4 International Standard Version

Jesus is Tempted by Satan(A)

Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee(B)

Jesus Calls Four Fishermen(C)