The Temptation of Jesus Christ - Matthew 4

               
The Temptation of Jesus Christ
1 - 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.*tempt: or, try, or, put to trial, or, proof
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.

Jesus begins his ministry in Galilee
12 - Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;*cast...: or, delivered up
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.

The vocation of the disciples
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.

Jesus predicts his death and resurrection - Matthew 20

Jesus predicts his death and resurrection

1 - For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

2 - And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.*penny: the Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is seven pence halfpenny; about fourteen cents

3 - And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4 - And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

5 - Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

6 - And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

7 - They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

8 - So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

9 - And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

10 - But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

11 - And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

12 - Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.*have wrought...: or, have continued one hour only

13 - But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

14 - Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

15 - Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

16 - So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Jesus predicts his death and resurrection

17 - And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

18 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

19 - And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

20 - Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.

21 - And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

22 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

23 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

24 - And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

25 - But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

26 - But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

27 - And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

28 - Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

The healing of two blind men of Jericho

29 - And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

30 - And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

31 - And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

32 - And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

33 - They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

34 - So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.