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He stayed there for 40 days and he did not eat anything. During this time the Devil tried to cause Jesus to do wrong things.[a] At the end of 40 days, Jesus was very hungry.

The Devil said to Jesus, ‘If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone. Tell it to become bread.’

‘No!’ Jesus replied, ‘The Bible says that food alone cannot cause people to live.’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:2 The Devil is an angel that refused to obey God. He also tries to cause people to do bad things.
  2. 4:4 The Devil knew that Jesus was very hungry, so he gave him the idea to make stones into food. Jesus knew that he had power to do anything. But he wanted only to obey God. He could make stones into food. But that was not what God wanted. Our bodies are not the most important part of us. Jesus came to give us food for our spirits. That part of us is more important. Jesus knew what God said in his book. And he answered the Devil with words from Deuteronomy 8:3.