Matthew 3–4

3^*In those days came ^aJohn the Baptist, preaching ^bin the wilderness of Judaea, ²And saying, Repent ye: for ^cthe kingdom of heaven is at hand. ³For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, ^dThe voice of one crying in the wilderness, ^ePrepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ⁴And the same John had his raiment of ^fcamel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was ^glocusts and ^hwild honey. ⁵Then went out to him ⁱJerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, ^6kAnd were baptized of him ^lin Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷But when he saw many of the Pharisees and ^llSadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, ^mO generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from ⁿthe wrath to come? ⁸Bring forth therefore fruits ^||meet for repentance: ⁹And ⁿⁿthink not to say within yourselves, ^oWe have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. ¹⁰And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: ^ptherefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ¹¹I indeed baptize you with water ^qunto repentance: ^rbut he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall ^sbaptize you with ^tthe Holy Ghost, and with ^ufire: ¹²Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge ^xhis floor, and ^ygather his wheat into the garner; but he will ^zburn up the chaff with ^zzunquenchable fire.

^13*aThen cometh Jesus ^bfrom Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. ¹⁴But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? ¹⁵And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil ^call righteousness. Then he suffered him. ¹⁶And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw ^dthe Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: ^17eAnd lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my ^fbeloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

4Then was ^aJesus led up of ^bthe Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. ²And when he had fasted ^cforty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. ³And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be ^ccthe Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. ⁴But he answered and said, It is written, ^dMan shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. ^5eThen the devil taketh him up into ^fthe holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, ⁶And saith unto him, If thou be ^ccthe Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, ^gHe shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. ⁷Jesus said unto him, It is written again, ^hThou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. ⁸ⁱAgain, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; ⁹And saith 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, ^kSatan: for it is written, ^lThou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. ¹¹Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, ^mangels came and ministered unto him.

^12*Now when Jesus had heard that ⁿJohn was ^||cast into prison, ^ohe departed into Galilee; ¹³And leaving ^pNazareth, he came and dwelt in ^oCapernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: ^14*That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, ^15qThe land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by ^rthe way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of ^rthe Gentiles; ¹⁶The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

^17sFrom that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, ^tRepent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ^18uAnd Jesus, walking by ^vthe sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon ^wcalled Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. ¹⁹And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰And they straightway ^xleft their nets, and followed him. ²¹And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. ²²And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

²³And Jesus went about all Galilee, ^yteaching in their synagogues, and preaching ^zthe gospel of the kingdom, and ^ahealing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. ²⁴And his fame went throughout all ^aaSyria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and ^btorments, and those which were ^cpossessed with devils, and those which were ^dlunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. ^25eAnd there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from ^fDecapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.