Matthew

¹Jesus was then led by the Spirit [to go] into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, Jesus⁶¹ was hungry. ³The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

⁴But Jesus answered, “It is written:

One⁶² shall not⁶³ live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God!”⁶⁴

⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city. He placed him on the pinnacle⁶⁵ of the temple ⁶and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will put his angels in charge of you’ and [also],

They will carry you in their hands,

so that you may not dash your foot against a stone.⁶⁶

⁷Jesus replied,⁶⁷ “But it is also written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”⁶⁸

⁸The devil took him to an extremely high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ⁹The devil said to Jesus, “I will give you all of these things if you will fall down and express adoration to⁶⁹ me.”

¹⁰Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me,⁷⁰ Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall express adoration to the Lord your God, and to him only shall you offer divine service.’”⁷¹⁷²

¹¹Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered⁷³ to him.

The beginning of the Lord’s ministry in Galilee—First disciples

¹²Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. ¹³Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴so that what had been spoken through Isaias the prophet might be fulfilled:

¹⁵The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
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.⁷⁴

¹⁷From that time on, Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

¹⁸Walking by the sea of Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers: Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother. They were casting a net into the sea since they were fishermen. ¹⁹He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fish for people!”

²⁰Immediately, they left their nets and followed him. ²¹Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them. ²²At once, they left the boat and their father, and followed him.

²³Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing all kinds of diseases and sickness among the people. ²⁴His fame spread into all Syria, and they brought him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments,⁷⁵ people possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them. ²⁵Great crowds from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

The sermon on the mount

61. Greek “he”
62. In this case, the Greek a;nqrwpoj is clearly generic and a reference to human beings in general.
63. Or “One does not” (NAB, NRS)
64. Deuteronomy 8:3
65. Perhaps “the tower” or top of the holy of holies
66. Psalm 91:11-12/90 LXX
67. Greek “said to the devil”
68. Deuteronomy 6:13-16. NT agrees with LXX against MT.
69. proskuneo can also be translated “worship (in the broad sense),” “venerate,” “fall down in reverence,” “do obeisance” (see NT introduction regarding proskuneo)
70. TR and CT read “Go away” instead of “Get behind me”
71. Greek latreu,seij (“service of worship,” reserved to God only)
72. Deuteronomy 6:13
73. The Greek dihko,nou can mean “to serve/wait on/provide for/serve as deacon”
74. Isaias 9:1-2
75. A few significant witnesses (+WH) do not include the fourth “and,” which means that the people suffering from torments were the one who were demon-possessed.