being tempted for forty days by the devil. In those days he ate nothing, and when they had ended, he was hungry.

And the devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

Then the devil took him up to a high place, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

When the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

The ones along the path are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved.