for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they ended, He was hungry.

Then the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to turn into bread.”

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.

When the devil had finished every temptation, he [temporarily] left Him until a more opportune time.

Those beside the road are the people who have heard; then the devil comes and takes the message [of God] away from their hearts, so that they will not believe [in Me as the Messiah] and be saved.