Matthew 4:1-11 - The Temptation Of Jesus

¹ Then Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil. ² He fasted forty days and forty nights and afterwards felt hungry. ³ So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

⁴ He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God."

⁵ Then the devil conveyed him to the holy city and, placing him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

⁷ Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

⁸ Once more the devil conveyed him to an exceedingly high mountain and showed him all the realms of the world and their grandeur; ⁹ he said, "I will give you all that if you will fall down and worship me."

¹⁰ Then Jesus told him, "Begone, Satan! it is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."

¹¹ At this the devil left him, and angels came up and ministered to him.

¹² Then the Spirit drove him immediately into the desert, ¹³ and in the desert he remained for forty days, while Satan tempted him; he was in the company of wild beasts, but angels ministered to him.

¹ From the Jordan Jesus came back full of the holy Spirit, ² and for forty days he was led by the Spirit in the desert, while the devil tempted him. During these days he ate nothing, and when they were over he felt hungry. ³ The devil said to him, "If you are God's son, tell this stone to become a loaf."

⁴ Jesus replied to him, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone."

⁵ Then he lifted Jesus up and showed him all the realms of the universe in a single instant; ⁶ and the devil said to him, "I will give you all their power and grandeur, for it has been made over to me and I can give it to anyone I choose. ⁷ If you will worship before me, then it shall all be yours."

⁸ Jesus answered him, "It is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."

⁹ Then he brought him to Jerusalem and placing him on the pinnacle of the temple said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down from this; ¹⁰ for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you, ¹¹ and They will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

¹² Jesus answered him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

¹³ And after exhausting every kind of temptation the devil left him till a fit opportunity arrived.