Matthew 4:1-11 - The Temptation Of Jesus

¹ Then Jesus was guided by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. ² After fasting forty days and forty nights, He at last felt hungry. ³ And the tempter came up and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, order these stones to turn to bread."

⁴ But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone can man live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

⁵ Then the devil took Him into the holy city, and had Him stand on the tip-top turret of the temple, ⁶ and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down, for the Scripture says: "'He will give His angels directions about you, And they will bear you up on their hands, so you will never strike your foot against a stone.'"

⁷ Jesus said to him, "Again the Scripture says, 'You must not try the Lord your God.'"

⁸ Again the devil took him up on a very high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and their splendor, ⁹ and said to Him, "Every bit of this I will give to you, if you will fall on your knees and worship me."

¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'"

¹¹ Then the devil left Him, and angels came and continued to wait upon Him.

¹² Then the Spirit at once drove Him out into the desert. ¹³ And He stayed in the desert forty days, while He was being tempted by Satan; yea, He was with the wild beasts, but the angels continued to wait upon Him.

¹ Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and for forty days He was led about in the desert under the Spirit's guidance, ² while He was being tempted by the devil. During that time He ate nothing, and so at the end of it He felt hungry. ³ Then the devil said to Him, "If you are God's Son, order this stone to turn to a loaf of bread."

⁴ But Jesus answered him, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone does man live.'"

⁵ Then he took Him up and in a second of time he showed Him all the kingdoms of the world. ⁶ And the devil said to Him, "I will give you all this power and all their splendor, for it has been turned over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. ⁷ So if you will worship before me just once, it shall all be yours."

⁸ But Jesus answered him, "The Scripture says, 'You must worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'"

⁹ Then he took Him to Jerusalem, and had Him stand on the tip-top turret of the temple, and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down from here, ¹⁰ for the Scripture says, 'He will give His angels directions about you, to protect you,' ¹¹ and, 'They will bear you up on their hands, so that you will never strike your foot against a stone.'"

¹² And Jesus answered him, "It has been said, 'You must not try the Lord your God.'"

¹³ After the devil had finished every sort of temptation, he left Him till another time.