Matthew 4:1–17

THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS

4Then^l Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.^{m 2}After he had fasted forty days and forty nights,ⁿ he was hungry. ³Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”^o

⁴He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”^Dp

⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,^{q 6}and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:

He will give his angels^r orders concerning you,

and they will support you with their hands

so that you will not strike

your foot against a stone.”^Es

⁷Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”^Ft

⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ⁹And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”^G

¹⁰Then Jesus told him, “Go away,^H Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”^Iu

¹¹Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.^v

MINISTRY IN GALILEE

¹²When he heard that John had been arrested,^w he withdrew into Galilee.^{x 13}He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum^y by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. ¹⁴This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁵Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,

along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan,

Galilee of the Gentiles.

¹⁶The people who live in darkness

have seen a great light,

and for those living in the land of the shadow of death,

a light has dawned.^ABz

¹⁷From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven^aa has come near.”