Matthew 4:1-22 ▼

1 Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.

2 And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

3 And the one tempting, having come to Him, said, “If You are the Son of God, speak, that these stones might become loaves.”

4 But answering, He said, “It has been written: ‘Not on bread alone shall the man live, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God.’”

5 Then the devil takes Him to the holy city, and he set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,

6 and he says to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it has been written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and on hands they will lift You up, lest ever You might strike Your foot against a stone.’”

7 Jesus said to him, “Again it has been written: ‘You shall not test the Lord your God.’”

8 Again the devil takes Him to a mountain exceedingly high and shows to Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give to You if, falling down, You worship me.”

10 Then Jesus says to him, “Go away, Satan! For it has been written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.’”

11 Then the devil leaves Him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to Him.

12 And having heard that John was delivered up, He withdrew into Galilee.

13 And having left Nazareth, having come, He dwelt at Capernaum, which is by the sea in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,

14 that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:

15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

16 the people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in the region and shadow of death, a light dawned on them.”

17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.”

18 And walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

19 And He says to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you? fishers of men.”

20 And immediately, having left the nets, they followed Him.

21 And having gone on from there, He saw two others, brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets; and He called them.

22 And immediately, having left the boat and their father, they followed Him.