The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Matthew 4:15 (NIV)

“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles—
 
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Matthew 4:16 (NIV)

the people living in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.” [f]

[f] Isaiah 9:1,2
 
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Matthew 4:17 KJV)

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
 
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Matthew 4:18 (KJV)

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.
 
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Matthew 4:21 (NIV)

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with
their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,
 
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Matthew 4:23 (KJ)

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.
 
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Matthew 4:24 (KJV)

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.
 
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Matthew 4:25 (NIV)

Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, [g] Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.

[g] That is, the Ten Cities
 
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Matthew 5:1 (NIV)

Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,
 
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