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JANUARY 4
Proverbs 1:20–22 ‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
20 Wisdom calls aloud outside; Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
She raises her voice in the open 7 Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You
squares. shall not tempt the LORD your God.’ ”
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She cries out in the chief concourses, 8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceed-
At the openings of the gates in the city ingly high mountain, and showed Him all the
She speaks her words: kingdoms of the world and their glory. And
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22 “How long, you simple ones, will you he said to Him, “All these things I will give
love simplicity? You if You will fall down and worship me.”
For scorners delight in their scorning, 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Sa-
And fools hate knowledge.
tan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD
your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
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Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels
came and ministered to Him.
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wisdom: 1) the simple, who are ignorant; 2) Now when Jesus heard that John had been
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scorners or mockers, who commit more seri- put in prison, He departed to Galilee. And leav-
ous, determined acts; and 3) fools or obstinate ing Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum,
unbelievers, who will not listen to the truth. which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun
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Proverbs directs its wisdom primarily at the and Naphtali, that it might be fulfilled which
first group. was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
“The land of Zebulun and the land of
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Matthew 4:1–25 Naphtali,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into Galilee of the Gentiles:
4 the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 16 The people who sat in darkness have
And when He had fasted forty days and forty seen a great light,
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nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when And upon those who sat in the region
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the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are and shadow of death
the Son of God, command that these stones Light has dawned.”
become bread.”
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But He answered and said, “It is written,
4 From that time Jesus began to preach and
‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is
word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” at hand.”
Then the devil took Him up into the holy
5 18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw
city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew
and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God,
6 his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they
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throw Yourself down. For it is written: were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow
Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” They
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‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ immediately left their nets and followed Him.
and, 21 Going on from there, He saw two other
brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John
his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their
father, mending their nets. He called them,
22 and immediately they left the boat and their
4:4 It is written. All 3 of Jesus’ replies to the
devil were taken from Deuteronomy.This one, father, and followed Him.
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from Deuteronomy 8:3, states that God And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching
allowed Israel to hunger,so that He might feed in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of
them with manna and teach them to trust Him the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness
to provide for them. So the verse is directly and all kinds of disease among the people.
applicable to Jesus’circumstances and a fitting 24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria;
reply to Satan’s temptation. every word that and they brought to Him all sick people who
proceeds from the mouth of God. A more were afflicted with various diseases and tor-
important source of sustenance than food, it ments, and those who were demon-possessed,
nurtures our spiritual needs in a way that ben- epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them.
efits us eternally, rather than merely providing 25 Great multitudes followed Him—from Gali-
temporal relief from physical hunger. lee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea,
and beyond the Jordan.
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