Matthew 4:1-11 - The Temptation Of Jesus

¹ Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil. ² And having fasted forty days and forty nights, He afterward hungered. ³ And the tempter having come to Him, said; If thou art the Son of God, speak in order that these stones may become bread.

⁴ And He responding said; It has been written, A man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word coming forth through the mouth of God.

⁵ Then the devil takes Him into the holy city and stood Him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and says to Him; If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it has been written, That He will give His angels charge concerning thee, and upon their hand they will bear thee, lest thou mayest dash thy foot against a stone.

⁷ Jesus said to him; Again it has been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

⁸ Again the devil takes Him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of the same, ⁹ and said to Him; All these things will I give unto thee,

¹⁰ If having fallen down thou mayest worship me: then Jesus says to him, Get behind me, Satan; for it has been written; Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.

¹¹ Then the devil leaveth Him; and behold, the angels came to Him and continued to minister unto Him.

¹² And immediately the Spirit casts Him out into the wilderness. ¹³ And he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels continued to minister unto Him.

¹ And Jesus, full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, tempted by the devil forty days. ² And He ate nothing during those days; and they having been completed, He afterward hungered. ³ And the devil said to Him, If thou art the Son of God, speak to this stone, in order that it may become bread.

⁴ And Jesus responded to him, saying; It has been written, That man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word of God.

⁵ And the devil leading Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. ⁶ And the devil said to Him, I will give all the authority and glories of these to thee: because it has been given unto me: and I give it to whom I may wish; ⁷ then if thou mayest worship before me all shall belong to thee.

⁸ And Jesus responding said to him; It has been written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve.

⁹ And he led Him into Jerusalem, and placed Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down from thence; ¹⁰ for it has been written, That He will give His angels charge concerning thee, in order to guard thee, ¹¹ and they will bear thee upon their hands, lest at any time thou mayest dash thy foot against a stone.

¹² And Jesus responding said to him; That it has been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

¹³ And the devil having perfected every temptation, departed from Him for a season.