15 (A)The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali by the way of the [a]sea, beyond Jordan, [b]Galilee of the Gentiles:

16 The people which sat in darkness, saw great light: and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, light is risen up.

17 (B)From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Amend your lives: for the kingdom of heaven is at [c]hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:15 Of Tiberias, or because that country bended toward Tyre, which standeth upon the sea that cutteth the midst of the world.
  2. Matthew 4:15 So called, because it bordered upon Tyre and Sidon, and because Solomon gave the king of Tyre twenty cities in that quarter, 1 Kings 9:11.
  3. Matthew 4:17 Is come to you.

15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
    the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
    Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 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.”[a](A)

17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven(B) has come near.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:16 Isaiah 9:1,2