⁴ “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.^(A)

¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice in heaven^(A) say:

⁸ Be alert and of sober mind.^(A) Your enemy the devil prowls around^(B) like a roaring lion^(C) looking for someone to devour.

⁴ The god^(A) of this age^(B) has blinded^(C) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,^(D) who is the image of God.^(E)

¹⁴ And no wonder, for Satan^(A) himself masquerades as an angel of light.

⁴⁴ You belong to your father, the devil,^(A) and you want to carry out your father’s desires.^(B) He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.^(C)

³⁰ I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world^(A) is coming. He has no hold over me,

³ The tempter^(A) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,^(B) tell these stones to become bread.”

²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul,^(A) the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”^(B)