⁵ Then the devil took him to the holy city^(A) and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. ⁶ “If you are the Son of God,”^(B) he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:

⁵ The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.^{(A) 6} And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me,^(B) and I can give it to anyone I want to. ⁷ If you worship me, it will all be yours.”