4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
4:2 And after He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He ①then became hungry.
▷ ①Or later became; or afterward became
4:3 And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4:4 But He answered and said, “It is written: ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT COMES OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.’ ”
4:5 Then the devil *took Him along into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
4:6 and he *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written:
‘HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS ORDERS CONCERNING YOU’; and
‘ON their hands they will lift YOU UP,
SO THAT YOU DO NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’ ”
4:7 Jesus said to him, “ ①On the other hand, it is written: ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’ ”
▷ ①Or Again
4:8 Again, the devil *took Him along to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;
4:9 and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and ①worship me.”
▷ ①Lit prostrate Yourself to
4:10 Then Jesus *said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND ①SERVE HIM ONLY.’ ”
▷ ①Or fulfill religious duty to Him
4:11 Then the devil *left Him; and behold, angels came and began to serve Him.
4:12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee;
4:13 and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
4:14 This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled:
4:15 “THE LAND OF ZEBULUN AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI,
①BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN, GALILEE OF THE ②GENTILES—
▷ ①Or Toward the sea ②Lit nations, usually non-Jewish
4:16 THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESS SAW A GREAT LIGHT,
AND THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH,
UPON THEM A LIGHT DAWNED.”
4:17 From that time Jesus began to ①preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven ②is at hand.”
▷ ①Or proclaim ②Lit has come near
4:18 Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
4:19 And He *said to them, “ ①Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of people.”
▷ ①Or Come after Me
4:20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
4:21 Going on from there He saw two other brothers, ①James the son of Zebedee, and his brother ②John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets; and He called them.
▷ ①Or Jacob ②Gr Joannes, for Heb Johanan
4:22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
4:23 Jesus was going about in all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the ①gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
▷ ①Or good news
4:24 And the news about Him spread throughout Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and severe pain, demon-possessed, people with epilepsy, and people who were paralyzed; and He healed them.
4:25 Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.