The Temptation of Jesus

4 ^(A)Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness ^(B)to be tempted by the devil. ² And after He had ^(C)fasted forty days and forty nights, He ^[a]then became hungry. ³ And ^(D)the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the ^(E)Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” ⁴ But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘^(F)Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

⁵ Then the devil *took Him into ^(G)the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,

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⁷ Jesus said to him, “^[b]On the other hand, it is written, ‘^(I)You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

^8 (J)Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; ⁹ and he said to Him, “^(K)All these things I will give You, if You fall down and ^[c]worship me.” ¹⁰ Then Jesus *said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘^(L)You shall worship the Lord your God, and ^[d]serve Him only.’” ¹¹ Then the devil *left Him; and behold, ^(M)angels came and began to minister to Him.

A Father’s Discipline

^4 (A)You have not yet resisted ^[a](B)to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; ⁵ and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,

⁷ It is for discipline that you endure; ^(G)God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? ⁸ But if you are without discipline, ^(H)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. ⁹ Furthermore, we had ^[b]earthly fathers to discipline us, and we ^(I)respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to ^(J)the Father of ^[c]spirits, and ^(K)live? ¹⁰ For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, ^(L)so that we may share His holiness. ¹¹ All discipline ^(M)for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the ^(N)peaceful fruit of righteousness.

¹² Therefore, ^[d](O)strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, ¹³ and ^(P)make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather ^(Q)be healed.

^14 (R)Pursue peace with all men, and the ^(S)sanctification without which no one will ^(T)see the Lord.