MATTHEW 4:1-17 EN The Temptation of Jesus The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry 

MATTHEW 4:1-17 EN The Temptation of Jesus The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry
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* a Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
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b He fasted for forty days and forty nights,* and afterwards he was hungry.
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The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.”
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* He said in reply, “It is written:c
‘One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”
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* Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet 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 ‘with their hands they will support you,
lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”d
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Jesus answered him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’”e
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Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,
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and he said to him, “All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.”*
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At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written:
‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship
and him alone shall you serve.’”f
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Then the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him.
The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry.*
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g When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.
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He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,h
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that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled:
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“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,i
the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles,
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the people who sit in darkness
have seen a great light,
on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death
light has arisen.”j
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* From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say,k “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”