Matthew 4:1-11 - The Temptation Of Jesus

¹ Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. ² And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry. ³ And the tempter came to him and said: If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

⁴ But he answered and said: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

⁵ Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and said to him: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written: He will give his angels charge concerning you; and in their hands shall they take you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.

⁷ Jesus said to him: It is again written, You shall not put the Lord your God to the proof.

⁸ Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, ⁹ and said to him: All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.

¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him: Get behind me, Satan, for it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

¹¹ Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

¹² And immediately the Spirit compelled him to go forth into the wilderness. ¹³ And he was there in the wilderness forty days, to be tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.

¹ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, ² and was there forty days, to be tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry. ³ And the devil said to him: If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.

⁴ And Jesus answered him, and said: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

⁵ And the devil took him up into a high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, in a moment of time. ⁶ And the devil said to him: I will give you all the authority and glory of these, for it is delivered to me; and to whomever I will, I give it. ⁷ If, therefore, you will bow with reverence before me, all shall be yours.

⁸ And Jesus answered and said to him: Get behind me, Satan; it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

⁹ And he brought him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from this place; ¹⁰ for it is written, He will give his angels charge concerning you, to guard you carefully; ¹¹ and in their hands they shall take you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.

¹² And Jesus answered and said to him: It is said, You shall not put the Lord your God to the proof.

¹³ And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a time.