¹² At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, ¹³ and he was in the wilderness forty days,^(A) being tempted^[a] by Satan.^(B) He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.

Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness^(A)

4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,^(B) left the Jordan^(C) and was led by the Spirit^(D) into the wilderness, ² 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.

⁵ The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.^{(A) 6} And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me,^(B) and I can give it to anyone I want to.