# Matthew 4.17

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 15. The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, 16. the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.
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> **17. From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.**
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> 18. And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers. 19. And he saith unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.</span> (Matthew 4:15-19, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 15. “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, 16. the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”
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> **17. From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”**
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> 18. Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19. He said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”</span> (Matthew 4:15-19, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 15. The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, 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 sprung up.
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> **17. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.**
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> 18. 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. 19. And he saith unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.</span> (Matthew 4:15-19, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 15. 'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! 16. the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death, light arose to them.'
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> **17. From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, 'Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'**
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> 18. And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers 19. and he saith to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'</span> (Matthew 4:15-19, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Christianity](/codex/christianity/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/)
- [Repentance](/codex/g3341-metanoia/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G3340 - metanoeo](/codex/g3340-metanoeo/)
- [G932 - basileia](/codex/g932-basileia/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.