Matthew 4:1-11 - The Temptation Of Jesus

¹ Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to he tempted by the Devil. ² And, having fasted forty days and forty nights, He afterwards hungered. ³ And the Tempter, having come near, said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread."

⁴ But He, answering, said, "It has been written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"

⁵ Then the Devil takes Him into the holy city, and placed Him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and says to Him, "If Thou art a Son of God, cast Thyself down; for it has been written, 'He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee; and on their hands they shall bear Thee up; lest at any time Thou shouldest dash Thy foot against a stone.'"

⁷ Jesus said to him, "Again it has been written, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your 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 them; ⁹ and he said to Him, "All these things will I give Thee, if, falling down, Thou wilt worship me."

¹⁰ Then Jesus saith to him, "Depart, Satan; for it has been written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"

¹¹ Then the Devil leaves Him; and, behold, angels came and were ministering to Him.

¹² And straightway the Spirit driveth Him forth into the wilderness. ¹³ And He was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts; and the angels were ministering to Him.

¹ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was being led in the Spirit in the wilderness ² forty days, being tempted by the Devil. And He ate nothing in those days; and, when they were completed, He hungered. ³ And the Devil said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, command this stone, that it become bread."

⁴ And Jesus made answer to him, "It has been written, 'Not on bread alone shall man live.'"

⁵ And, leading Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in a moment of time. ⁶ And the Devil said to Him, "To Thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them; because to me it has been delivered, and to whomsoever I will I give it. ⁷ If Thou, therefore, wilt worship before me, it shall all be Thine."

⁸ And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"

⁹ And he led Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, cast Thyself down hence; ¹⁰ for it has been written, 'He will command His angels concerning you, to keep watch over you; ¹¹ and on their hands they shall bear you up, lest haply you dash your foot against a stone.'"

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

¹³ And, having completed every temptation, the Devil departed from Him until a fitting season.