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 for 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 comes out of the mouth of God.’”

⁵ Then the devil *took Him along into ^(G)the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and he *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 along 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 away, 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 serve Him.

God’s Gracious Dealings

8 “All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, so that you ^(A)may live and increase, and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord swore to give to your forefathers. ^2 (B)And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has ^(C)led you in the wilderness these forty years, in order to humble you, ^(D)putting you to the test, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. ³ And He humbled you and let you go hungry, and fed you with the manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, in order to make you ^[a]understand that ^(E)man shall not live on bread alone, but man shall live on everything that comes out of the mouth of the Lord.