Modern Literal Version
[Matthew 4]


    {Mk 1:12-13 & Mt 4:1-11 & Lk 4:1-13}

     4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Slanderer. 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, later he hungered. 4:3 And the Tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, speak, in order that these stones may become bread.

     4:4 But answering, he said, It has been written, НMan will not live on bread alone, but on every word that goes out through the mouth of God!М {Deut. 8:3}

     4:5 Then the Slanderer takes him into the holy city. And he stands him upon the pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 and says to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself downward; for* it has been written, НHe will command the messengers concerning you, and they will lift you up upon theirhands, lest you might hit your foot against a stone. М {Ps. 91:11f}

     4:7 Jesus said to him, Again it has been written, НYou will not test the Lord, your God.М {Deut. 6:16}

     4:8 Again, the Slanderer takes him to an exceedingly high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; 4:9 and he says to him, I will give you all these things, if you fall down and worship me.

     4:10 Then Jesus says to him, Go behind me, Satan! For* it has been written, НYou will worship the Lord your God and you will give-divine service to him only.М {Deut. 6:13} 4:11 Then the Slanderer leaves him, and behold, messengers came and served him.


    {Mk 1:14a & Mt 4:12 & Lk 3:19-20 & Jn 4:1-4 Judea to Galilee}

     4:12 Now Jesus, having heard John was given up, departed into Galilee; 4:13 and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali; 4:14 in order that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,4:15 НThe land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the {F} Gentiles, 4:16 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light has risen for them.М {Is. 9:1f}


    {Mk 1:14b-15 & Mt 4:17 & Lk 4:14b-15}

     4:17 From then onward, Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent; for* the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.


    {Mk 1:16-20 & Mt 4:18-22 & Lk 5:1-11 Sea of Galilee near Capernaum.}

     4:18 And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for* they were fishermen. 4:19 And he says to them,Come-here after me and I will make* you* fishermen of men. 4:20 And immediately they left the nets and followed him. 4:21 And advancing from there, he saw two other brothers, James, the sonof Zebedee and John, his brother, in the ship with Zebedee, their father, mending their nets. And he called them. 4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father and followed him.


    {Mk 1:35-39 & Mt 4:23-25 & Lk 4:42-44 Preaching through Galilee}

     4:23 And Jesus went around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good-news of the kingdom and healing all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness among the people. 4:24And the report of him went forth into all Syria and they brought to him all who were ill, held by various diseases and torments and demon-possessed and epileptic and paralyzed, and he healed them. 4:25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and on the other side of the Jordan.


    {Footnotes: Mt 4:15- Greek: nations, and so elsewhere, see Appendix.}



Modern Literal Version Preface & Appendix , copyright 1987, 1999, 2013 by G. Allen Walker for the MLV New Testament Committee.
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