What does Matthew 4:14 mean?

Matthew 4:14 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Matthew 4:14 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

12Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

16The 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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