In Matthew 4, Jesus’ mission is portrayed at its beginning. This chapter explains how Jesus broke his fast and immediately started his preaching journey following his run-in with John the Baptist. Also, the writings tell how Jesus first gathered his disciples.
Upon his baptism at the Jordan River, Jesus Christ immediately went to the wilderness and fasted there for forty days and forty nights. As Jesus was there, the devil approached him and tried to persuade him to turn from his purpose and change his ways. According to the Bible, the devil supposedly used a variety of strategies to convince Jesus, including instructing him to change a piece of rock into bread so that he could eat. Jesus, however, rejected all of the temptations and ignored the devil.
The next temptation from Satan is for Jesus to leap from the top of the Jerusalem temple and call on the angels to catch Him before He starts to drop to His death. This temptation includes a part of twisting the Scripture. Satan quotes the Old Scriptures and challenges Jesus to “force” God’s hand to prove its truth. Jesus resists the urge to demand things from God according to His own conditions. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy once more (Matthew 4:5–7).
The final offer presented by Satan is taking Jesus to a memorable location and presenting Him with what are likely visions of every country on earth. If Jesus will worship Satan, the Devil will provide Him power and fortune in this life. This temptation includes rejecting God in favor of worldly advantages. Jesus is likewise tempted to lose patience because God had promised to give Him everything in the coming time
Then Jesus commanded Satan to leave. You must worship the Lord your God, and only him, according to what is written. (Matthew 4:10)
After the devil left him, angels appeared and began to assist him.(Matthew 4:11)
As predicted by the prophet Isaiah, Jesus travels to the coastal town of Capernaum to begin his ministry. Here, Jesus starts looking for followers who will assist in spreading his message. The first mens to start following him were James, John, Andrew, and Simon. Then Jesus and his disciples started giving sermons in synagogues and healing various diseases. Jesus became well-known in the area as a result of his activities, and many people came to him seeking blessings and to see his miracles.
Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan. (Matthew 4:25)
The fact that the masses followed Jesus, according to Matthew, does not necessarily imply that they all followed him as a devoted disciple. Simply put, it indicates that they actually followed Him along. They came to see the miracles He worked and to hear His teaching about the on coming kingdom of heaven and His miraculous healings of every kind of illness and disease quickly made Him well-known.