Matthew 4:1-6

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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness^(A)

4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted^[a]^(B) by the devil.^(C) ²After fasting forty days and forty nights,^(D) he was hungry. ³The tempter^(E) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,^(F) tell these stones to become bread.”

⁴Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’^[b]”^(G)

⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city^(H) and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. ⁶“If you are the Son of God,”^(I) he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:

“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’^[c]”^(J)

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Footnotes

Matthew 4:1 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.
Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3
Matthew 4:6 Psalm 91:11,12

Matthew 28:18-20

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¹⁸Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.^(A) ¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,^(B) baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,^(C) ²⁰and teaching^(D) them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you^(E) always, to the very end of the age.”^(F)