Matthew 4

1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.Cross-references: Gen 3:15 · 1Ki 18:12 · 2Ki 2:16 · Ezek 3:12 · Ezek 3:14 · Ezek 8:3 · +11 more

2When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.Cross-references: Ex 24:18 · Ex 34:28 · Deut 9:9 · Deut 9:18 · Deut 9:25 · Deut 18:18 · +6 more

3The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”Cross-references: Gen 3:1 · Gen 25:29 · Ex 16:3 · Num 11:4 · Job 1:9 · Job 2:4 · +11 more

4But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’”Cross-references: Ex 16:8 · Ex 16:15 · Ex 16:35 · Ex 23:15 · Deut 8:3 · 1Ki 17:12 · +17 more

5Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,Cross-references: 2Chr 3:4 · Neh 11:1 · Neh 11:18 · Isa 48:2 · Isa 52:1 · Dan 9:16 · +5 more

6and 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.’”Cross-references: Job 1:10 · Job 5:23 · Ps 34:7 · Ps 34:20 · Ps 91:11 · Matt 4:4 · +3 more

7Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”Cross-references: Ex 17:2 · Ex 17:7 · Num 14:22 · Deut 6:16 · Ps 78:18 · Ps 78:41 · +13 more

8Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.Cross-references: Esth 1:4 · Esth 5:11 · Ps 49:16 · Dan 4:30 · Matt 4:5 · Matt 16:26 · +5 more

9He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”Cross-references: 1Sam 2:7 · Ps 72:11 · Ps 113:7 · Prov 8:15 · Jer 27:5 · Dan 2:37 · +14 more

10Then 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.’”Cross-references: Deut 6:13 · Deut 10:20 · Josh 24:14 · 1Sam 7:3 · 1Chr 21:1 · Job 1:6 · +8 moreExamined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.Cross-references: Matt 4:6 · Matt 26:53 · Matt 28:2 · Mark 1:13 · Luke 4:13 · Luke 22:43 · +6 more

12Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.Cross-references: Matt 14:3 · Mark 1:14 · Mark 6:17 · Luke 3:20 · Luke 4:14 · Luke 4:31 · +3 more

13Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,Cross-references: Josh 19:10 · Josh 19:32 · Matt 11:23 · Matt 17:24 · Mark 1:21 · Luke 4:23 · +6 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

14that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,Cross-references: Isa 9:1 · Matt 1:22 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 2:23 · Matt 8:17 · Matt 12:17 · +7 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

15“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,Cross-references: Josh 20:7 · Josh 21:32 · 1Ki 9:11 · 2Ki 15:29 · Isa 9:1Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

16the 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.”Cross-references: Job 3:5 · Job 10:22 · Job 34:22 · Ps 44:19 · Ps 107:10 · Isa 9:2 · +7 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

17From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”Cross-references: Matt 3:2 · Matt 9:13 · Matt 10:7 · Matt 11:12 · Matt 13:9 · Matt 13:11 · +18 more

18Walking 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.Cross-references: Ex 3:1 · Ex 3:10 · Num 34:11 · Deut 3:17 · Judg 6:11 · 1Ki 19:19 · +15 more

19He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”Cross-references: Ezek 47:9 · Matt 8:22 · Matt 9:9 · Matt 16:24 · Matt 19:21 · Mark 1:17 · +9 more

20They immediately left their nets and followed him.Cross-references: 1Ki 19:21 · Ps 119:60 · Matt 10:37 · Matt 19:27 · Mark 10:28 · Luke 18:28 · +1 more

21Going 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.Cross-references: Matt 10:2 · Matt 17:1 · Matt 20:20 · Matt 26:37 · Mark 1:19 · Mark 3:17 · +4 more

22They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.Cross-references: Deut 33:9 · Matt 10:37 · Mark 1:20 · Luke 9:59 · Luke 14:26 · Luke 14:33 · +1 more

23Jesus 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.Cross-references: Ps 74:8 · Ps 103:3 · Matt 3:2 · Matt 8:16 · Matt 9:35 · Matt 10:7 · +34 more

24The 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.Cross-references: Ex 15:26 · Josh 6:27 · 2Sam 8:6 · 1Ki 4:31 · 1Ki 10:1 · 1Chr 14:17 · +26 more

25Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.Cross-references: Matt 5:1 · Matt 8:1 · Matt 12:15 · Matt 19:2 · Mark 3:7 · Mark 5:20 · +4 more