Luke 4:1-13
The Devil Tempts Jesus
1 Now Jesus, full of [and in perfect communication with] the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness(A)
2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they ended, He was hungry.(B)
3 Then the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to turn into bread.”
4 Jesus replied to him, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone(a).’”(C)
5 Then he led Jesus up [to a high mountain] and displayed before Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth [and their magnificence] in the twinkling of an eye.
6 And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this realm and its glory [its power, its renown]; because it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
7 Therefore if You worship before me, it will all be Yours.”
8 Jesus replied to him, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve only Him.’”(D)
9 Then he led Jesus to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle (highest point) of the temple, and said [mockingly] to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;
10 for it is written and forever remains written,
‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard and protect You,’
11 and,
12 Jesus replied to him, “It is said [in Scripture], ‘you shall not tempt the Lord your God [to prove Himself to you].’”(F)
13 When the devil had finished every temptation, he [temporarily] left Him until a more opportune time.
Footnotes:
a.
Luke 4:4: Late mss add “but by every word of God.”