Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness(A)

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,(B) left the Jordan(C) and was led by the Spirit(D) into the wilderness, where for forty days(E) he was tempted[a] by the devil.(F) He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:2 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.

10 For it is written:

“‘He will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you carefully;
11 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[a](A)

12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[b](B)

13 When the devil had finished all this tempting,(C) he left him(D) until an opportune time.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:11 Psalm 91:11,12
  2. Luke 4:12 Deut. 6:16

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