Matthew 4: S.O.A.P. #4 of 1,189

Matthew 4 on Tuesday, December 08, 2015

SCRIPTURE

I read Matthew 4 from this version of the Bible and at this link:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%204&version=HCSB

Matthew 4:1-11 The devil tempted Jesus Christ.

Matthew 4:12-17 Jesus started His ministry and went to Galilee, where He preached.

Matthew 4:18-22 Jesus asks four fishermen to follow Him while in Galilee (Simon Peter, Andrew, James, and John).

Matthew 4:23-25 Jesus preached the good news and healed the diseases and sicknesses of the people throughout Galilee.

The key verses of Matthew 4 are: Matthew 4:4, 4:7, 4:10, 4:11, 4:19, 4:20, 4:22, 4:23, 4:24, and 4:25.

Here are the key verses:

Matthew 4:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,
‘People do not live by bread alone,
    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
-- New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Matthew 4:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’”
-- New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Matthew 4:10 New Living Translation (NLT)
10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,
‘You must worship the Lord your God
    and serve only him.’”
-- New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Matthew 4:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
11 Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.
-- New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Matthew 4:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
19 Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”
-- New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Matthew 4:20 New Living Translation (NLT)
20 And they left their nets at once and followed him.
-- New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Matthew 4:22 New Living Translation (NLT)
22 They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind.
-- New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Matthew 4:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
23 Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.
-- New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Matthew 4:24 New Living Translation (NLT)
24 News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all.
-- New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Matthew 4:25 New Living Translation (NLT)
25 Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.
-- New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Here is the verse that spoke the most to me this morning:

Matthew 4:4 Expanded Bible (EXB)
4 Jesus answered, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘A person lives not on bread alone, but by ·everything God says [L every word that comes out of God’s mouth; Deut. 8:3].’”
--Expanded Bible (EXB). The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved.

The cross-references for Matthew 4:4 are:

Deuteronomy 8:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
--New King James Version (NKJV). Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

John 6:63 New King James Version (NKJV)
63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
-- New King James Version (NKJV). Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

OBSERVATION

We are to live first and foremost by the Word of God, which is the Bible. The Word of God gives me life, not anything I put into my mouth to chew. Rumination on the Word gives me life.

APPLICATION

Be a serious student of the Bible and meditate on it day and night as I do other things and in my quiet time.

PRAYER

Lord, teach me to live and remember Matthew 4:4 in all I do and at all times.