where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.

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

Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

So when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time.

Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.