The Temptation
16. Matt 4:1-11
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And
when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when
the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be
made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the
temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written,
He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the
kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I
give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee
hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou
serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
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