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|Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

|Then God's will led Jesus into the desert to be tested by the devil.

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|Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

|Then Jesus was lead by the Holy Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil.

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|And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

|And after having fasted for 40 days and nights, Jesus was very hungry.

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|And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

|And after having fasted for 40 days and nights, Jesus began to be hungry

|Greek and Syriac strongly imply that Jesus felt no hunger until the end of the 40 days and nights of fast.

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|And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

|And the tester (Satan) came to him and said, "If you are truly the Son of God, order that these rocks be made into food".

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|And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

|And the Tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread".

|"eipe" say, literally say. Less literally but better English, "tell" these stones to become bread. Then Jesus would have been told by the devil to speak to the stones. I think that the KJV "command" is the best.

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|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.

|But Jesus said in answer, "Scripture says: The life of Man is not just about consuming food, but about consuming the message of God".

|Satan suggests that Jesus should be an economic Messiah. Jesus rejects this, saying that taking God's message to heart is more important even than the daily diet.

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|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.

|But Jesus answered and said, It is written, "Man does not live by bread alone, but also by every word coming from the mouth of God

|The solemn and sonorous Biblical "answered and said" is proliptic and should be retained. It is there to tell us that we are about to hear Holy Writ. "It is written", is literal , understandable , and Hebraic all at once.

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|Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

|Then the devil took him into the holy city, and stood him up on the pinnacle of the [[Temple of Jerusalem|Temple]].

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|Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

|Then the devil took Him into the Holy City, and set Him on the parapet of the Temple.

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|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.

|And he told him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. Scripture says, ''does it not'', 'He shall give His Messengers a responsibility concerning You, and will carry You in their hands to prevent You from ''so much as'' striking Your foot against a stone.'"

|The word '''αγγελος''' literally means "messenger."

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|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.

|The devil said to Him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. Yes, it is written, "Concerning you, He will command His angels and they will bear you up in their hands so that not even your foot will hit rock. "

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|Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

|Jesus told him, "Scripture also says, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

|God will provide Divine protection up to a point, but to rely on Him to bail one out of the consequences of bad judgment is bad form. In fact, Satan suggests that Jesus be a magical or wonder-working Messiah, and Jesus rejects that advice as well.

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|Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

|Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, Do not tempt the Lord your God."

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|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;

|Again the devil took Him up to an extremely tall mountain, and showed him all the nation-states of the world and ''all'' their glory,

|The [[Greek]] word '''βασιλεια''', a kingdom, is rendered "nation-state" here because it can stand for any nation-state having any form of government. Representative republics were not known at the time that the Evangelists and Apostles wrote, though they had been known earlier. All heads-of-state with whom these writers were familiar held titles that would translate today as "king" or "emperor." But when Satan shows Jesus all the nation-states of the world, he does not limit this vision only to those nation-states known to the Evangelists, or even only to those nation-states then existing. Rather, Satan demonstrates all nation-states, past, present, and future, as if to say that the governments of men have always been Satan's to bestow on anyone. Such is the measure of Satan's incomparable pride.

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|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;

|And again the the devil took Him up a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world with all their magnificence

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|And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

|and told him, "I will give You all these things, if You will fall down and worship me."

|Satan now offers Jesus the chance to be a political Messiah, One Who uses raw political power.

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|And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

|He said to Him, "I will give You all these things, if You will prostrate yourself and worship me."

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|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.

|Then Jesus told him, "Get away from me, Satan. Scripture says, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'"

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|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.

|Then Jesus said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him alone shall you serve.'"

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|Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

|Then the devil left Him, and suddenly messengers ''of God'' came and waited on Him.

|The word used is '''διακονεω''', which means "I wait on someone like a table waiter." From this root comes the Greek word '''διακονος''' a table waiter, which survives today as the word ''[[deacon]]''.

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|Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

|Then, when the devil left Him, the angels came and served Him.

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|Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

|Now when Jesus had heard that John had been arrested, he went away into [[Galilee]];

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|And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

|And leaving Nazareth, he came and settled in Capernaum, which is on the seacoast, near the border between the ''tribal lands of'' Zebulun and Naphthali,

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|That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

|in order that the words might be fulfilled that were spoken by [[Isaiah]] the [[prophet]], who said,

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|The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

|"The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphthali, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan River, Galilee of the Gentiles;

|The [[Greek]] word '''εθνοι''', "nations," is rendered "Gentiles" from the [[Latin]] ''gens, gentis'' meaning "the nation", or more literally, "the clan."

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|"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.

|"The people that sat in darkness saw a great light; and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned."

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|From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

|From that moment Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Change your hearts, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

|Here the Greek word '''βασιλεια''' is properly rendered "kingdom" because [[God]] is, always was, and always will be, a King in the truest sense of that word.

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|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.

|Now Jesus, as He walked by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew, as they were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

|This sea is known today as Lake Tiberias. The name ''Peter'' means "rock."

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|And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

|And he told them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of people."

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*ανθρωπος is a gender-neutral word, which means 'person', not 'man'. What you would like this verse to mean isn't relevant.

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|And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

|And immediately they left their fishing nets behind and followed Him.

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|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.

|And going on from that place, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee, and his brother John, in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets; and He called them.

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|And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

|And immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

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|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.

|And Jesus traveled throughout the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every kind of chronic illness and every kind of germ among the people.

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|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.

|And the news of him spread throughout the whole of [[Syria]] (Province), and ''people'' brought to him the sick people having various diseases and torments, all demon-oppressed people, and mentally disturbed people, and paralyzed people, and He healed them.

|The [[Greek]] word '''σεληνιαζομαι''' means "I am struck by the [[moon]]." This was the popularly suspected cause of most mental disturbance in those times. Here Matthew clearly distinguishes between ordinary mental illness and oppression or possession by demons.

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|And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

|And great crowds of people followed Him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from [[Jerusalem]] and [[Judea]] and from the far side of the Jordan River.

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