4 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert,

² For the space of forty days; and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.

³ And the devil said to him: If thou be the Son of God, say to this stone that it be made bread.

⁴ And Jesus answered him: It is written, that Man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word of God.

⁵ And the devil led him into a high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time;

⁶ And he said to him: To thee will I give all this power, and the glory of them; for to me they are delivered, and to whom I will, I give them.

⁷ If thou therefore wilt adore before me, all shall be thine.

⁸ And Jesus answering said to him: It is written: Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

⁹ And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and he said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from hence.

¹⁰ For it is written, that He hath given his angels charge over thee, that they keep thee.

¹¹ And that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone.

¹² And Jesus answering, said to him: It is said: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

¹³ And all the temptation being ended, the devil departed from him for a time.

¹⁴ And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit, into Galilee, and the fame of him went out through the whole country.

¹⁵ And he taught in their synagogues, and was magnified by all.