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1 Entonces Jesús fue guiado por el Espíritu hasta el desierto para ser tentado por el diablo. 2 Después de haber ayunado por cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, tenía hambre. 3 El tentador vino y le dijo: “Si realmente eres el hijo de Dios, ordena a estas piedras que se conviertan en pan”. 4 Jesús respondió: “Como dicen las Escrituras, ‘los seres humanos no viven solo de comer pan, sino de cada palabra que sale de la boca de Dios’”. 5 Entonces el diablo lo llevó hasta la ciudad santa y lo puso en la parte más alta del Templo. 6 “Si realmente eres el hijo de Dios, tírate”, le dijo a Jesús. “Tal como dicen las Escrituras: ‘Él mandará a sus ángeles para que te guarden del peligro. Te atraparán para que no caigas al tropezarte con una roca’”. 7 Jesús respondió: “Tal como dicen también las Escrituras, ‘No tentarás al Señor tu Dios’”. 8 Entonces el diablo llevó a Jesús a una montaña muy alta y le mostró todos los reinos del mundo en toda su gloria. 9 Le dijo a Jesús: “Te daré todos estos reinos si te arrodillas y me adoras”. 10 “¡Vete de aquí Satanás!” dijo Jesús. “Tal como dicen las Escrituras: ‘Adorarás al Señor tu Dios y le servirás solo a Él’”. 11 Entonces el diablo lo dejó, y los ángeles vinieron a cuidar de él. 12 Cuando Jesús escuchó que Juan había sido arrestado, regresó a Galilea. 13 Después de salir de Nazaret, se quedó en Capernaúm, a orillas del mar, en las regiones de Zabulón y Neftalí. 14 Esto cumplió lo que el profeta Isaías dijo: 15 “En la tierra de Zabulón y en la tierra de Neftalí, camino al mar, más allá del Jordán, en Galilea, donde viven los gentiles: 16 La gente que vive en la oscuridad vio una gran luz; la luz de la mañana ha brillado sobre aquellos que viven en la tierra de la oscuridad y la muerte”. 17 Desde ese momento, Jesús comenzó a declarar su mensaje, diciendo: “Arrepiéntanse, porque el reino de los cielos está cerca”. 18 Mientras caminaba por el mar de Galilea, Jesús vio a dos hermanos: Simón, también llamado Pedro, y su hermano Andrés, que estaban lanzando una red en el mar. Ellos vivían de la pesca. 19 “Vengan y síganme, y yo les enseñaré cómo pescar personas”, les dijo. 20 Ellos dejaron sus redes de inmediato y lo siguieron. 21 De camino, vio nuevamente a otros dos hermanos: Santiago y Juan. Ellos estaban en un bote con su padre Zebedeo, reparando sus redes. Él los llamó para que lo siguieran. 22 Ellos inmediatamente dejaron el bote y a su padre, y lo siguieron. 23 Jesús viajó por toda Galilea, enseñando en las sinagogas, contando las buena nueva del reino, y sanando todas las enfermedades que tenían las personas. 24 Entonces comenzó a difundirse la noticia acerca de él por toda la provincia de Siria. La gente traía delante de él a todos los que estaban enfermos: personas afligidas por todo tipo de enfermedades, personas poseídas por demonios, enfermos mentales, paralíticos, y él los sanaba a todos. 25 Grandes multitudes le siguieron desde Galilea, Decápolis, Jerusalén, Judea y la región que estaba al otro lado del Jordán.

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • 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

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

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“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)