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The Testing of Jesus

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,(A) where for forty days he was tested by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over he was famished.(B)

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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness(A)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:2 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.