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Matthew 4 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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The Temptation of Jesus

(Mar 1:12, 13; Luk 4:1–13 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:1 - Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3 - And the Tempter having come to him said, 'If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:4 - But he answering said, 'It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:5 - Then doth the Devil take him to the holy city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:6 - and saith to him, 'If Son thou art of God -- cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:7 - Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:8 - Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:9 - and saith to him, 'All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:10 - Then saith Jesus to him, 'Go -- Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:11 - Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

(Mar 1:14, 15; Luk 4:14, 15 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:12 - And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:13 - and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:14 - that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - 'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! --
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 - the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:17 - From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, 'Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

The First Disciples

(Mar 1:16–20; Luk 5:1–11 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:18 - And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea -- for they were fishers --
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:20 - and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:21 - And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:22 - and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

Ministry in Galilee

(Mar 1:35–39; Luk 4:44; 6:17–19 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:23 - And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:24 - and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:25 - And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
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