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Matthew 4:12-14
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Matthew 4:12-14
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Jesus starts his work in Galilee
12 Then Jesus heard that Herod had put John the Baptist in prison. So Jesus returned to Galilee.
13 But he did not stay in Nazareth. He went to live in Capernaum, which is a town on the shore of Lake Galilee. It was in the part of Israel called Zebulun and Naphtali.[a]
14 This caused God's message to become true. Long ago God had said through his prophet Isaiah:[b]
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- 4:13 Zebulun and Naphtali were the names of parts of Galilee. They were also the names of two of Jacob's sons. They lived in this land many years before.
- 4:14 See Isaiah 9:1-2
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