Then the devil took him to the holy city[a] and placed him on the highest point of the temple 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,’[b]

and

‘On their hands they will lift you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”[c]

Jesus said to him, “On the other hand it is written, ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:5 That is, Jerusalem
  2. Matthew 4:6 A quotation from Ps 91:11
  3. Matthew 4:6 A quotation from Ps 91:12
  4. Matthew 4:7 A quotation from Deut 6:16