The temptation of Jesus


1* a Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

2b He fasted for forty days and forty nights,* and afterwards he was hungry.

3 The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.”

4* He said in reply, “It is written:
c ‘One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”

5* Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet of the temple,

6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:
‘He will command his angels concerning you’
and ‘with their hands they will support you,
lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”d

7 Jesus answered him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’”e

8 Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,

9 and he said to him, “All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.”*

10 At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written:
‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship
and him alone shall you serve.’”f

11 Then the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him.

Matthew 4: 1-11


The devil is a formidable foe. If it weren't for Jesus, then we would all be in hell.



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