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Matthew 4:16-18
New English Translation
Matthew 4:16-18
New English Translation
16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light,
and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”[a]
17 From that time Jesus began to preach this message:[b] “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”
The Call of the Disciples
18 As[c] he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).[d]
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- Matthew 4:16 sn A quotation from Isa 9:1.
- Matthew 4:17 tn Grk “to preach and to say.” The second of the two Greek infinitives (“to say”) is redundant in English and is not included in the translation.
- Matthew 4:18 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- Matthew 4:18 tn The two phrases in this verse placed in parentheses are explanatory comments by the author, parenthetical in nature.
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