Matthew 4:1-17 ▼

1 Then was Iesus ledde away of the spirite into wyldernesse, to be tempted of the deuyll.

2 And when he had fasted fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, he was afterwarde an hungred.

3 And when the tempter came to hym, he sayde: If thou be the sonne of God, commaunde that these stones be made breade.

4 But he aunswered, and sayde, it is written: Man shall not lyue by breade only, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God.

5 Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holy citie, and setteth hym on a pinacle of the temple,

6 And saith vnto hym: If thou be the sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe. For it is written: He shall geue his Angels charge ouer thee, & with their handes they shall lyft thee vp, lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone.

7 And Iesus sayde to hym. It is written agayne: Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God.

8 Agayne, the deuyll taketh hym vp, into an exceadyng hye mountayne, and sheweth hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde, and the glorie of them,

9 And sayth vnto hym: All these wyll I geue thee, yf thou wylt fall downe, and worshyp me.

10 The sayth Iesus vnto hym: Auoyde Sathan. For it is written: Thou shalt worshyp the Lorde thy God, and hym only shalt thou serue.

11 Then the deuyll leaueth him, and beholde, the Angels came, and ministred vnto hym.

12 When Iesus had hearde that Iohn was delyuered vp, he departed into Galilee,

13 And left Nazareth, and went & dwelt in Capernaum, whiche is (a citie) vpon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim.

14 That it myght be fulfylled, whiche was spoken by Esayas the prophete, saying:

15 The lande of Zabulon, & Nephthalim, (by) the way of the sea beyonde Iordane, Galilee of the Gentiles.

16 The people, which sate in darknesse, sawe great lyght: And to them whiche sate in the region and shadowe of death, lyght is sprong vp.

17 From that tyme, Iesus began to preache, and to saye: Repent, for the kyngdome of heauen is at hande.