OET MAT chapter 4

Literal Version

4:1 Yeshua is tempted by the devil

4 [ref]Then Yeshua was taken by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 As he’d been fasting for forty days (and nights), he was getting hungry, 3 and the tempter approached him and asked, “If you’re God’s son, command some of these stones to turn into buns.”

4 [ref]But Yeshua answered, “It’s written in the scriptures that it’s not just food that a person needs to live, but also all of God’s message.”

5 Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and stood him on the highest point of the temple 6 [ref]and told him, “Throw yourself down if you’re God’s son, because it’s written in the scriptures that God will command his messengers to look after you and to carry you in their arms so that you won’t bash your foot on a rock.”

7 [ref]“But it’s also written,” Yeshua answered, “that you shouldn’t test God your master.”

8 Then the devil took him to a very high mountains and showed him all the countries of the world with all their splendour, 9 then told him, “I’ll give all of these to you if you get down and prostrate yourself to me.”

10 [ref]“Go away, Satan,” Yeshua replied, “because it’s written in the scriptures that you should worship God your master and should only serve him.”

11 Then the devil left him and God’s messengers came and looked after him.

4 Then the Yaʸsous was _brought _up into the wilderness by the spirit to _be _tempted by the devil.
2 And having _fasted forty days and forty nights, later he _hungered.
3 And the one tempting having _approached, said to _him:
If you _are the_son of_ the _god, speak that the these stones may _become loaves.
4 But he answering said:
It _has _been _written:
The person not only by bread will _be _living, but by every message going _out through the_mouth of_god.
5 Then the devil is _taking him to the holy city, and stood him on the pinnacle of _the temple, 6 and he _is _saying to _him:
If you _are the_son of_ the _god, throw yourself down, because/for it _has _been _written, that Will _be _commanding to _the messengers of _him concerning you, and:
They _will _be _carrying you in ^their_hands, lest you _may _strike the foot of _you against a_stone.
7 The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) was _saying to _him:
Again it _has _been _written:
You will_ not _be _Testing the_master the god of _you.
8 Again the devil is _taking him to a_ exceedingly high _mountain, and is _showing to _him all the kingdoms of _the world and the glory of _them, 9 and he _said to _him:
I _will _be _giving all these things to _you if having _fallen, you _may _prostrate before _me.
10 Then the Yaʸsous is _saying to _him:
Be _going _away Satan/(Sāţān), because/for it _has _been _written:
You _will _be _prostrating the_master the god of _you, and only unto _him you _will _be _serving.
11 Then the devil is _leaving him, and see, messengers approached and were _serving unto _him.

4:12 Yeshua begins his ministry

(Mark 1:14-15, Luke 4:14-15)

12 [ref]When Yeshua heard that Yohan had been arrested, he withdrew up to Galilee. 13 [ref]He moved from Nazareth across to Capernaum beside the lake in the region that had been given to the tribes of Zebulun and Naftali 14 so that what had been written by the prophet Isayah would come true,

15 [ref]‘Land of Zebulun and land of Naftali,

the way of the sea beyond the Yordan;

Galilee of the non-Jews.

16 The people sitting in darkness

saw a powerful light,

and those sitting in a land under the shadow of death

had a light rise over them.’

17 [ref]From then onwards, Yeshua started preaching and telling people to turn from their sins because the kingdom of heavens is close.

4:18 Yeshua calls his first four followers

(Mark 1:16-20, Luke 5:1-11)

18 As he walked beside Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (later nicknamed Peter) and Andrew, throwing their net into the sea because they were fishermen. 19 “Come and follow me,” Yeshua told them, “and I’ll make you fishers of people.” 20 So they left their nets immediately and followed after him.

21 Going on a bit further, he saw two other brothers, Yacob and Yohan, in the boat getting their nets ready along with their father Zebedee, and Yeshua also called the two of them. 22 So they too immediately left the boat and their father and followed after him.