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Matthew 4:1-10
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Temptation of Jesus

4 Then the Spirit led Jesus up into the wilderness so that the devil might tempt him. 2 After Jesus had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he was starving. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “Since you are God’s Son, command these stones to become bread.”

4 Jesus replied, “It’s written, People won’t live only by bread, but by every word spoken by God.”[a]

5 After that the devil brought him into the holy city and stood him at the highest point of the temple. He said to him, 6 “Since you are God’s Son, throw yourself down; for it is written, I will command my angels concerning you, and they will take you up in their hands so that you won’t hit your foot on a stone.”[b]

7 Jesus replied, “Again it’s written, Don’t test the Lord your God.”[c]

8 Then the devil brought him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 He said, “I’ll give you all these if you bow down and worship me.”

10 Jesus responded, “Go away, Satan, because it’s written,You will worship the Lord your God and serve only him.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut 8:3
  2. Matthew 4:6 Ps 91:11-12
  3. Matthew 4:7 Deut 6:16
  4. Matthew 4:10 Deut 6:13
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Matthew 4:1-10
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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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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:2 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had fasted”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 4:3 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Matthew 4:4 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Matthew 4:4 A quotation from Deut 8:3
  5. Matthew 4:5 That is, Jerusalem
  6. Matthew 4:6 A quotation from Ps 91:11
  7. Matthew 4:6 A quotation from Ps 91:12
  8. Matthew 4:7 A quotation from Deut 6:16
  9. Matthew 4:9 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“will fall down”) has been translated as a finite verb
  10. Matthew 4:10 A quotation from Deut 6:13
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