The Temptation of Jesus

4 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. He ate nothing in those days, and [fn]afterward, when they had ended, he was hungry. 3 Then the devil said to him, “If yoʋ are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 4 But Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread [fn]alone, but by every word of God.’ ” 5 So the devil brought him up [fn]to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 Then the devil said to him, “To yoʋ I will give all this authority and glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I can give it to whomever I wish. 7 If yoʋ, then, will worship me, it will all be yoʋrs.” 8 Jesus answered him, “[fn]Get behind me, Satan! [fn]It is written,

‘Yoʋ shall worship the Lord yoʋr God,

and him only shall yoʋ serve.’ ”

9 Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If yoʋ are the Son of God, throw yoʋrself down from here, 10 for it is written,

‘He will command his angels concerning yoʋ,

to guard yoʋ,’

11 and,

‘In their hands they will lift yoʋ up,

so that yoʋ do not strike yoʋr foot against a stone.’ ”

12 Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Yoʋ shall not put the Lord yoʋr God to the test.’ ” 13 And when the devil had finished every temptation, he left him until an opportune time.