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Matthew 4 Literal Standard Version

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PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,
1 Τότε ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνήχθη εἰς τὴν ἔρημον ὑπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματος πειρασθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου,
2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He hungered.
2 καὶ νηστεύσας ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσαράκοντα ὕστερον ἐπείνασε.
3 And the tempting [one], having come to Him, said, “If You are the Son of God—speak that these stones may become loaves.”
3 καὶ προσελθὼν αὐτῷ ὁ πειράζων εἶπεν· εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἰπὲ ἵνα οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι ἄρτοι γένωνται.
4 But He answering said, “It has been written: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word coming forth from the mouth of God.”
4 ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε· γέγραπται, οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι ἐκπορευομένῳ διὰ στόματος Θεοῦ.
5 Then the Devil takes Him to the [holy] city, and sets Him on the pinnacle of the temple,
5 Τότε παραλαμβάνει αὐτὸν ὁ διάβολος εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν, καὶ ἵστησιν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ πτερύγιον τοῦ ἱεροῦ
6 and says to Him, “If You are the Son of God—cast Yourself down, for it has been written that, His messengers He will charge concerning you, and on hands they will bear you up, that you may not dash your foot on a stone.”
6 καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, βάλε σεαυτὸν κάτω· γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσί σε, μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου.
7 Jesus said to him again, “It has been written: You will not tempt the LORD your God.”
7 ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· πάλιν γέγραπται, οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου.
8 Again the Devil takes Him to a very high mountain, and shows to Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,
8 Πάλιν παραλαμβάνει αὐτὸν ὁ διάβολος εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν λίαν, καὶ δείκνυσιν αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτῶν
9 and says to Him, “All these I will give to You, if falling down You may worship me.”
9 καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ταῦτα πάντα σοι δώσω, ἐὰν πεσὼν προσκυνήσῃς μοι.
10 Then Jesus says to him, “Go—Satan, for it has been written: You will worship the LORD your God, and Him only will you serve.”
10 τότε λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, σατανᾶ· γέγραπται γάρ, Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.
11 Then the Devil leaves Him, and behold, messengers came and were ministering to Him.
11 Τότε ἀφίησιν αὐτὸν ὁ διάβολος, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄγγελοι προσῆλθον καὶ διηκόνουν αὐτῷ.
12 And Jesus, having heard that John was delivered up, withdrew to Galilee,
12 Ἀκούσας δὲ [ὁ Ἰησοῦς] ὅτι Ἰωάννης παρεδόθη, ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν,
13 and having left Nazareth, having come, He dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,
13 καὶ καταλιπὼν τὴν Ναζαρὲτ ἐλθὼν κατῴκησεν εἰς Καπερναοὺμ τὴν παραθαλασσίαν ἐν ὁρίοις Ζαβουλὼν καὶ Νεφθαλείμ,
14 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
14 ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος·
15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations!
15 γῆ Ζαβουλὼν καὶ γῆ Νεφθαλείμ, ὁδὸν θαλάσσης, πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν,
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.”
16 ὁ λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σκότει εἶδε φῶς μέγα, καὶ τοῖς καθημένοις ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου φῶς ἀνέτειλεν αὐτοῖς.
17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim and to say, “Convert, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near.”
17 Ἀπὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς κηρύσσειν καὶ λέγειν· μετανοεῖτε· ἤγγικε γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.
18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a drag into the sea—for they were fishers—
18 Περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς·
19 and He says to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men,”
19 καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων.
20 and they, immediately, having left the nets, followed Him.
20 οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὰ δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
21 And having advanced from there, He saw two other brothers, James of Zebedee, and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, refitting their nets, and He called them,
21 Καὶ προβὰς ἐκεῖθεν εἶδεν ἄλλους δύο ἀδελφούς, Ἰάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ μετὰ Ζεβεδαίου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτούς.
22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, followed Him.
22 οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὸ πλοῖον καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
23 And Jesus was going in all of Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people,
23 Καὶ περιῆγεν ὅλην τὴν Γαλιλαίαν ὁ Ἰησοῦς διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας καὶ θεραπεύων πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ.
24 and His fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to Him all the ill having manifold oppressing diseases and torments—and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics—and He healed them.
24 καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἡ ἀκοὴ αὐτοῦ εἰς ὅλην τὴν Συρίαν, καὶ προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ πάντας τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας ποικίλαις νόσοις καὶ βασάνοις συνεχομένους, καὶ δαιμονιζομένους καὶ σεληνιαζομένους καὶ παραλυτικούς, καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτούς·
25 And there followed Him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
25 καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ Δεκαπόλεως καὶ Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ Ἰουδαίας καὶ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.

People & places in this chapter

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People

  • James

    Apostle, brother of John

    A fisherman called by Jesus together with his brother John, one of the Twelve, to whom Jesus gave the name Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder'.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:17

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  • John

    Apostle, brother of James

    A fisherman called together with his brother James, one of the Twelve, to whom Jesus gave the name Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder'.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:17

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  • Zebedee

    Father of James and John

    A fisherman in whose boat his sons James and John were mending nets when Jesus called them; they left him in the boat with the hired men.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 20:20; Mark 1:20

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Places

  • Capernaum

    Today: Northern Israel (Sea of Galilee)

    A fishing and customs town on the Sea of Galilee where Jesus healed, taught, and called disciples. Its ruins include a 4th–5th c. synagogue built over an earlier one.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:13; Mark 2:1; Matthew 11:23

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  • Sea of Galilee

    Today: Northern Israel

    This harp-shaped lake (~13 miles long) lies in the Jordan Rift Valley. Cool air dropping onto the warm water spawns sudden storms — the setting of several Gospel miracles.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:18; Mark 4:39; John 21:1

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Cross references (25)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Hebrews 2:18; Luke 4:1–13; Mark 1:12–15; Hebrews 4:15–16; Romans 8:14
  2. 2 Deuteronomy 9:18; Exodus 34:28; 1 Kings 19:8; Luke 4:2; Deuteronomy 9:9
  3. 3 1 Thessalonians 3:5; Genesis 3:1–5; Numbers 11:4–6; Luke 22:31–32; Revelation 2:10
  4. 4 Deuteronomy 8:3; Luke 4:4; John 6:63; John 6:31–59; Romans 15:4
  5. 5 Luke 4:9; Revelation 11:2; Matthew 27:53; Isaiah 48:2; Nehemiah 11:1
  6. 6 Psalm 91:11–12; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 34:7; 2 Corinthians 11:14; Psalm 34:20
  7. 7 Deuteronomy 6:16; 1 Corinthians 10:9; Psalm 78:41; Psalm 78:18; Hebrews 3:9
  8. 8 1 John 2:15–16; Revelation 11:15; Psalm 49:16–17; Matthew 16:26; Luke 4:5–7
  9. 9 2 Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 22:8–9; John 16:11; Revelation 19:10; Daniel 5:18–19
  10. 10 Deuteronomy 6:13–14; Deuteronomy 10:20; Joshua 24:14; Luke 4:8; 1 Samuel 7:3
  11. 11 Matthew 26:53; Luke 22:43; Hebrews 1:14; Revelation 5:11–12; Luke 4:13
  12. 12 Mark 1:14; Luke 3:20; Matthew 14:3; Luke 4:14; Mark 6:17
  13. 13 John 4:46; Mark 1:21; Matthew 11:23; John 6:24; John 6:59
  14. 14 Isaiah 9:1–2; Matthew 2:23; Luke 24:44; Matthew 12:17–21; Luke 22:37
  15. 15 Isaiah 9:1
  16. 16 Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 42:6–7; Luke 1:78–79; Isaiah 60:1–3; Micah 7:8
  17. 17 Matthew 3:2; Acts 2:38; Mark 1:14–15; Luke 5:32; Luke 24:47
  18. 18 John 1:40–42; Matthew 10:2; Mark 1:16–20; Luke 6:14; Luke 5:1–11
  19. 19 Mark 1:17–18; John 12:26; Matthew 16:24; Luke 9:59; John 1:43
  20. 20 Mark 10:28–31; Matthew 19:27; Luke 18:28–30; Psalm 119:60; 1 Kings 19:21
  21. 21 Mark 3:17; Mark 1:19–20; Matthew 10:2; John 21:2; Acts 12:2
  22. 22 Matthew 10:37; Luke 14:26; Deuteronomy 33:9–10; Luke 9:59–60; Mark 1:20
  23. 23 Matthew 9:35; Mark 1:39; Luke 7:22; Acts 10:38; Matthew 11:5
  24. 24 Matthew 17:15; Matthew 8:6; Matthew 12:22; Luke 5:15; Luke 2:2
  25. 25 Luke 6:17; Mark 5:20; Mark 7:31; Mark 3:7–8; Matthew 19:2

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 4:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XIII)

    Then. When? After the descent of the Spirit, after the voice that was borne from above, and said, "This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." And what was marvellous, it was of the Holy Spirit; for this, he here saith, led Him up.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 4:3 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapter XIX)

    For, when tempting Him, he said, "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." But the Lord repulsed him by the commandment of the law, saying, "It is written, Man doth not live by bread alone." As to those words [of His enemy,] "If thou be the Son of God," [the Lord] made no …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 4:9 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XI, Chapters 30–33)

    … two societies of angels,--the one enjoying God, the other swelling with pride; the one to whom it is said, "Praise ye Him, all His angels," the other whose prince says, "All these things will I give Thee if Thou wilt fall down and worship me;" the one blazing with the holy love of God, the other reeking with the unclean …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  4. Quotes verse 4:3 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XIII)

    Thus, after He was an hungered, it is said, "The tempter came, and said unto Him, If Thou be Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." For, because he had heard a voice borne from above, and saying, "This is My beloved Son;" and had heard also John bearing so large witness concerning Him, and after that …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 4:17 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture III)

    If the Master Himself followed the right time in due order, ought we, His servants, to venture out of order? From that time Jesus began to preach, when the Holy Spirit had descended upon Him in a bodily shape, like a dove; not that Jesus might see Him first, for He knew Him even before He came in a …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)