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1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by
the devil.
2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
3
The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these
stones to
become bread."
4
Jesus answered, "It is written: `Man does not live on bread alone, but on
every word that
comes from the
mouth of God.' "
5
Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest
point of the
temple.
6
"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is
written: "`He will
command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their
hands, so that
you will not strike your foot against a
stone.' "
7 Jesus answered him, "It is also written: `Do not put the Lord your
God to the test.' "
8
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the
kingdoms of the
world and their
splendor.
9 "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and
worship me."
10
Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: `Worship the
Lord your God,
and serve him
only.' "
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to
Galilee.
These selections come from the New International Bible, courtesy of http://www.thebible.com/. In the
future, I will include comparison texts from other versions of the bible.
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