The Temptation of Jesus

Then(A) Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.(B)

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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness(A)

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a](B) by the devil.(C)

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Footnotes

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

27 and don’t give the devil an opportunity.

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27 and do not give the devil a foothold.(A)

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11 Put on(A) the full armor(B) of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil.

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11 Put on the full armor of God,(A) so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

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He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and incur the same condemnation as the devil.(A)

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He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited(A) and fall under the same judgment(B) as the devil.

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Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.(A)

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Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,(A) and he will flee from you.

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Be sober-minded,(A) be alert.(B) Your adversary the devil(C) is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

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

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So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent,(A) who is called the devil and Satan,(B) the one who deceives the whole world.(C) He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.(D)

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The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent(A) called the devil,(B) or Satan,(C) who leads the whole world astray.(D) He was hurled to the earth,(E) and his angels with him.

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12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens,
and you who dwell in them!(A)
Woe to the earth and the sea,
because the devil has come down to you
with great fury,
because he knows his time is short.

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12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens(A)
    and you who dwell in them!
But woe(B) to the earth and the sea,(C)
    because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury,
    because he knows that his time is short.”

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He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan,[a](A) and bound(B) him for a thousand years.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:2 Other mss add who deceives the whole world

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,(A) and bound him for a thousand years.(B)

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