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# Matthew 4

Matthew 4 is chapter 4 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 25 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ's fast of forty days: He is tempted. He begins to preach, to call disciples to him, and to work miracles.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 4 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert, in order to be tempted by the devil.
2. And when he had fasted for forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.
3. And approaching, the tempter said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4. And in response he said, “It has been written: ‘Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
5. Then the devil took him up, into the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
6. and said to him: “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it has been written: ‘For he has given charge of you to his angels, and they shall take you into their hands, lest perhaps you may hurt your foot against a stone.’”
7. Jesus said to him, “Again, it has been written: ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
8. Again, the devil took him up, onto a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,
9. and said to him, “All these things I will give to you, if you will fall down and adore me.”
10. Then Jesus said to him: “Go away, Satan. For it has been written: ‘You shall adore the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”
11. Then the devil left him. And behold, Angels approached and ministered to him.
12. And when Jesus had heard that John had been handed over, he withdrew into Galilee.
13. And leaving behind the city of Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, near the sea, at the borders of Zebulun and of Naphtali,
14. in order to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
15. “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way of the sea across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:
16. A people who were sitting in darkness have seen a great light. And unto those sitting in the region of the shadow of death, a light has risen.”
17. From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say: “Repent. For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.”
18. And Jesus, walking near the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).
19. And he said to them: “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
20. And at once, leaving behind their nets, they followed him.
21. And continuing on from there, he saw another two brothers, James of Zebedee, and his brother John, in a ship with their father Zebedee, repairing their nets. And he called them.
22. And immediately, leaving their nets and their father behind, they followed him.
23. And Jesus traveled throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every infirmity among the people.
24. And reports of him went out to all of Syria, and they brought to him all those who had maladies, those who were in the grasp of various sicknesses and torments, and those who were in the hold of demons, and the mentally ill, and paralytics. And he cured them.
25. And a great crowd followed him from Galilee, and from the Ten Cities, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from across the Jordan.

## Matthew 4 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Tunc Jesus ductus est in desertum a Spiritu, ut tentaretur a diabolo.
2. Et cum jejunasset quadraginta diebus, et quadraginta noctibus, postea esuriit.
3. Et accedens tentator dixit ei: Si Filius Dei es, dic ut lapides isti panes fiant.
4. Qui respondens dixit: Scriptum est: Non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo, quod procedit de ore Dei.
5. Tunc assumpsit eum diabolus in sanctam civitatem, et statuit eum super pinnaculum templi,
6. et dixit ei: Si Filius Dei es, mitte te deorsum. Scriptum est enim: Quia angelis suis mandavit de te, et in manibus tollent te, ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum.
7. Ait illi Jesus: Rursum scriptum est: Non tentabis Dominum Deum tuum.
8. Iterum assumpsit eum diabolus in montem excelsum valde: et ostendit ei omnia regna mundi, et gloriam eorum,
9. et dixit ei: Hæc omnia tibi dabo, si cadens adoraveris me.
10. Tunc dicit ei Jesus: Vade Satana: Scriptum est enim: Dominum Deum tuum adorabis, et illi soli servies.
11. Tunc reliquit eum diabolus: et ecce angeli accesserunt, et ministrabant ei.
12. Cum autem audisset Jesus quod Joannes traditus esset, secessit in Galilæam:
13. et, relicta civitate Nazareth, venit, et habitavit in Capharnaum maritima, in finibus Zabulon et Nephthalim:
14. ut adimpleretur quod dictum est per Isaiam prophetam:
15. Terra Zabulon, et terra Nephthalim, via maris trans Jordanem, Galilæa gentium:
16. populus, qui sedebat in tenebris, vidit lucem magnam: et sedentibus in regione umbræ mortis, lux orta est eis.
17. Exinde cœpit Jesus prædicare, et dicere: Pœnitentiam agite: appropinquavit enim regnum cælorum.
18. Ambulans autem Jesus juxta mare Galilææ, vidit duos fratres, Simonem, qui vocatur Petrus, et Andream fratrem ejus, mittentes rete in mare (erant enim piscatores),
19. et ait illis: Venite post me, et faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum.
20. At illi continuo relictis retibus secuti sunt eum.
21. Et procedens inde, vidit alios duos fratres, Jacobum Zebedæi, et Joannem fratrem ejus, in navi cum Zebedæo patre eorum, reficientes retia sua: et vocavit eos.
22. Illi autem statim relictis retibus et patre, secuti sunt eum.
23. Et circuibat Jesus totam Galilæam, docens in synagogis eorum, et prædicans Evangelium regni: et sanans omnem languorem, et omnem infirmitatem in populo.
24. Et abiit opinio ejus in totam Syriam, et obtulerunt ei omnes male habentes, variis languoribus, et tormentis comprehensos, et qui dæmonia habebant, et lunaticos, et paralyticos, et curavit eos:
25. et secutæ sunt eum turbæ multæ de Galilæa, et Decapoli, et de Jerosolymis, et de Judæa, et de trans Jordanem.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 394: The Fall ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2849: "And Lead Us not into Temptation" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2835: "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 333: Heaven and Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1989: Justification ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1720: Christian Beatitude ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 878: Christ's Faithful - Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 878: Christ's Faithful - Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1503: Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Fasting is the guardian of chastity, the mother of purity, the teacher of virtue.” — St. Peter Damian, Letter to Leo of Sitria, c. 1060 (On this theme: verse 2)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 8: That is, pointed out to him where each kingdom lay; and set forth in words what was most glorious and admirable in each of them. Or also set before his eyes, as it were in a large map, a lively representation of all those kingdoms.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Nov 30, 2026: St. Andrew, Apostle — Alleluia, Matthew 4:19; Gospel, Matthew 4:18-22
- Mon, Jan 4, 2027: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious — Alleluia, See Matthew 4:23; Gospel, Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25
- Fri, Jan 8, 2027: Friday after Epiphany — Alleluia, See Matthew 4:23
- Sat, Jan 9, 2027: Saturday after Epiphany — Alleluia, Matthew 4:16

35 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).