Matthew 3:13-4:17
Christian Standard Bible
The Baptism of Jesus
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.(A) 14 But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”
15 Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John allowed him to be baptized.
16 When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. The heavens(B) suddenly opened for him,[a] and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.(C) 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”(D)
The Temptation of Jesus
4 Then(E) Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.(F) 2 After he had fasted forty days and forty nights,(G) he was hungry. 3 Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”(H)
4 He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”[b](I)
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,(J) 6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:
He will give his angels(K) orders concerning you,
and they will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.”[c](L)
7 Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”[d](M)
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”[e]
10 Then Jesus told him, “Go away,[f] Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”[g](N)
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.(O)
Ministry in Galilee
12 When he heard that John had been arrested,(P) he withdrew into Galilee.(Q) 13 He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum(R) by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
15 Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles.
16 The people who live in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the land of the shadow of death,
a light has dawned.[h][i] (S)
17 From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven(T) has come near.”
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