Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹² One man [Adam] did a wrong thing. And the wrong thing he did made him die. So all men die because all have done wrong things.

¹³ People in the world were not right with God before he gave the law. But wrong things are not punished when there is no law.

¹⁴ Yet death ruled over people from Adam's time to Moses' time. It even ruled over the people who were not as wrong as Adam. Adam was like a person who would come later.

¹⁵ But the free gift is not like the wrong thing. Many people died because one man did a wrong thing. This is sure. God was very kind and he gave a free gift. This gift was given to many people because one man, Jesus Christ, did a very kind thing.

¹⁶ The free gift is not like the wrong thing one man did. Because of that one man people were judged. And they were punished. Because many people did wrong things, God gave his free gift and many people were made right with him.

¹⁷ One man did a wrong thing. And so death ruled over people because of that one man. God has been kind to people and given them his free gift. That gift is to make people right with God. People who take that gift will live and rule because of one man, Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ One man did a wrong thing. And so all people were punished through him. But Christ did the right thing. And so all people can have the free gift of life through being put right with God.

¹⁹ One man did not obey. And so many people were bad people. One man obeyed. And so many people will be made right with God.

4 Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert. The devil tried to make Jesus do wrong.

² Jesus did not eat anything for forty days and forty nights. Then he was very hungry.

³ The one who tries to make people do wrong came and said to him, `If you are God's Son, tell these stones to be changed into bread.'

⁴ But Jesus answered him, `The holy writings say, "Man cannot live on bread only. He needs to live by every word that God says." '

⁵ Then the devil took Jesus to the holy city. He put him on a high part of the temple.

⁶ The devil said to him, `If you are God's Son, jump down. The holy writings say, "God will tell his angels to take care of you. They will hold you up in their hands so that you will not knock your foot on a stone." '

⁷ Jesus answered him, `The holy writings say, "You must not test the Lord your God." '

⁸ The devil took Jesus to a very high hill. He showed him all the countries of the world and how great they were.

⁹ He said to Jesus, `I will give you all these if you kneel down and worship me.'

¹⁰ But Jesus answered him, `Get away, Satan. The holy writings say, "You must worship the Lord your God. and he is the only one you are to worship." '

¹¹ Then the devil left Jesus. Angels came and took care of him.