Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,(A) and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:

He will give his angels(B) orders concerning you,
and they will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:6 Ps 91:11–12

Then the devil took him to the holy city(A) and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,”(B) he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:

“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
    and they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:6 Psalm 91:11,12