Matthew 4:1-11

New Matthew Bible

Christ fasts and is proved. He calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John, and heals all the sick.

4 Then Jesus was led away by the Spirit into wilderness, to be tried by the devil. ² And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungered. ³ Then the tempter came to him and said, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. ⁴ He answered and said, It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

⁵ Then the devil took him up into the holy city and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it is written: He will give his angels charge over you, and with their hands they will hold you up so that you do not dash your foot against a stone. ⁷ And Jesus said to him, It is written also: You shall not tempt the Lord your God.

⁸ The devil took him up again, and led him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and all the glory of them, ⁹ and said to him, All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, Away, Satan! For it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. 

¹¹ Then the devil left him, and behold, the angels came and ministered to him.