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Matthew 4

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Matthew 4 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

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

ASV: 1ASV

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

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When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

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And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

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The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

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And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

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But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’”

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But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

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Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

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and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’”

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and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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

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Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

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Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

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Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

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He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”

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and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

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Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”

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Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

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Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

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Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

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Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.

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Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;

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Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

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and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali:

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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

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“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

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The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

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the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

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The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.

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From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

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From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

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And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers.

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He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

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And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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They immediately left their nets and followed him.

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And they straightway left the nets, and followed him.

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Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.

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And going on from thence he saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

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They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

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And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.

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Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

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And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.

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The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

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And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.

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Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

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And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judæa and from beyond the Jordan.