Matthew 4:1-10
Lexham English Bible
The Temptation of Jesus
4 Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil, 2 and after he[a] had fasted forty days and forty nights, then he was hungry. 3 And the tempter approached and[b] said to him, “If you are the Son of God, order that these stones become bread.” 4 But he answered and[c] said, “It is written, ‘Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.”[d]
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city[e] and placed him on the highest point of the temple 6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down! For it is written,
‘He will command his angels concerning you,’[f]
and
‘On their hands they will lift you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”[g]
7 Jesus said to him, “On the other hand it is written, ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”[h]
8 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, “I will give to you all these things, if you will fall down and[i] worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan, for it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”[j]
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- Matthew 4:2 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had fasted”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 4:3 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 4:4 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 4:4 A quotation from Deut 8:3
- Matthew 4:5 That is, Jerusalem
- Matthew 4:6 A quotation from Ps 91:11
- Matthew 4:6 A quotation from Ps 91:12
- Matthew 4:7 A quotation from Deut 6:16
- Matthew 4:9 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“will fall down”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 4:10 A quotation from Deut 6:13
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