Matthieu 4
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La tentation de Jésus(A)
4 Alors l’Esprit conduisit Jésus dans le désert pour qu’il y soit tenté par le diable. 2 Après avoir jeûné pendant quarante jours et quarante nuits, il eut faim. 3 Le tentateur s’approcha et lui dit : Si tu es le Fils de Dieu, ordonne que ces pierres se changent en pains.
4 Jésus répondit : Il est écrit :
L’homme ne vivra pas seulement de pain,
mais aussi de toute parole que Dieu prononce[a] .
5 Alors le diable l’emmena dans la cité sainte, le plaça tout en haut du Temple 6 et lui dit : Si tu es le Fils de Dieu, jette-toi en bas, car il est écrit :
Il donnera des ordres ╵à ses anges à ton sujet
et ils te porteront sur leurs mains
pour que ton pied ne heurte pas de pierre[b] .
7 Jésus lui dit : Il est aussi écrit : Tu ne forceras pas la main au Seigneur, ton Dieu[c].
8 Le diable l’emmena encore sur une très haute montagne. Là, il lui montra tous les royaumes du monde et leur magnificence. 9 Puis il lui dit : Tout cela, je te le donnerai si tu te prosternes devant moi pour m’adorer.
10 Alors Jésus lui dit : Va-t’en, Satan ! Car il est écrit :
Tu adoreras le Seigneur, ton Dieu,
et c’est à lui seul que tu rendras un culte[d] .
11 Là-dessus, le diable le laissa. Et voici que des anges vinrent et se mirent à le servir.
Jésus à Capernaüm et en Galilée(B)
12 Quand Jésus apprit que Jean avait été emprisonné, il se retira en Galilée, 13 mais il ne resta pas à Nazareth. Il alla s’établir à Capernaüm, une ville située au bord du lac, dans les territoires de Zabulon et de Nephtali. 14 Ainsi s’accomplit cette parole du prophète Esaïe qui avait annoncé :
15 Ecoute, ô toi, terre de Zabulon ╵et toi, terre de Nephtali,
contrée voisine de la mer, ╵située au-delà du Jourdain,
ô toi, Galilée des populations étrangères :
16 Le peuple qui vivait dans les ténèbres
a vu briller une grande lumière,
et sur ceux qui habitaient dans le pays
sur lequel planait l’ombre de la mort,
une lumière s’est levée[e] .
17 A partir de ce moment, Jésus commença à prêcher en public en disant : Changez[f], car le royaume[g] des cieux est proche.
18 Un jour qu’il marchait au bord du lac de Galilée, il vit deux frères : Simon (qu’on appelle aussi Pierre), et André, son frère, qui lançaient un filet dans le lac, car ils étaient pêcheurs. 19 Il leur dit : Suivez-moi et je ferai de vous des pêcheurs d’hommes.
20 Ils abandonnèrent aussitôt leurs filets et le suivirent.
21 Poursuivant son chemin, il vit deux autres frères : Jacques, fils de Zébédée, et Jean, son frère. Ils étaient dans leur bateau avec Zébédée, leur père, et ils réparaient leurs filets. Il les appela 22 et, aussitôt, ils laissèrent leur bateau, quittèrent leur père, et le suivirent.
23 Jésus parcourait toute la Galilée, il enseignait dans les synagogues, proclamait la bonne nouvelle du royaume[h] des cieux et guérissait les gens de toutes maladies et de toutes infirmités. 24 Bientôt, on entendit parler de lui dans toute la Syrie. On lui amena tous ceux qui étaient atteints de diverses maladies et souffraient de divers maux : ceux qui étaient sous l’emprise de démons ainsi que des épileptiques[i] et des paralysés, et il les guérit tous. 25 Des foules nombreuses se mirent à le suivre ; elles étaient venues de la Galilée, de la région des « Dix Villes »[j], de Jérusalem, de la Judée et du territoire transjordanien.
Footnotes
- 4.4 Dt 8.3.
- 4.6 Ps 91.11-12.
- 4.7 Dt 6.16.
- 4.10 Dt 6.13.
- 4.16 Es 8.23 ; 9.1.
- 4.17 Autres traductions : repentez-vous ou changez d’attitude ou changez de comportement.
- 4.17 Voir note 3.2.
- 4.23 Voir note 3.2.
- 4.24 L’épilepsie est une maladie provoquant des convulsions et des évanouissements.
- 4.25 La région des « Dix Villes » se trouvait au sud-est du lac de Galilée.
Matthew 4
King James Version
4 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
Matthew 4
English Standard Version
The Temptation of Jesus
4 (A)Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness (B)to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting (C)forty days and forty nights, he (D)was hungry. 3 And (E)the tempter came and said to him, “If you are (F)the Son of God, command (G)these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, (H)“It is written,
(I)“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
5 (J)Then the devil took him to (K)the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
(L)“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and
“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus said to him, “Again (M)it is written, (N)‘You shall not (O)put the Lord your God to the test.’” 8 (P)Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, (Q)Satan! For (R)it is written,
11 Then the devil left him, and behold, (U)angels came and were ministering to him.
Jesus Begins His Ministry
12 Now when he heard that (V)John had been arrested, (W)he withdrew into Galilee. 13 And leaving (X)Nazareth he went and lived in (Y)Capernaum by (Z)the sea, in the territory of (AA)Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 (AB)so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
15 (AC)“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 (AD)the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and (AE)shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned.”
17 (AF)From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, (AG)“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”[a]
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
18 (AH)While walking by (AI)the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you (AJ)fishers of men.”[b] 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds
23 (AK)And he went throughout all Galilee, (AL)teaching in their synagogues and (AM)proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and (AN)healing every disease and every affliction among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout all (AO)Syria, and (AP)they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and (AQ)pains, (AR)those oppressed by demons, (AS)those having seizures, and (AT)paralytics, and he healed them. 25 (AU)And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the (AV)Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
Footnotes
- Matthew 4:17 Or the kingdom of heaven has come near
- Matthew 4:19 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women
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