¹Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted by the devil. ²Jesus did not eat anything for 40 days and 40 nights. At the end of that time, he was hungry.

³The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

⁴Jesus answered, “Scripture says, ‘A person cannot live on bread alone but on every word that God speaks.’ ”

⁵Then the devil took him into the holy city and had him stand on the highest part of the temple. ⁶He said to Jesus, “If you are the Son of God, jump! Scripture says, ‘He will put his angels in charge of you. They will carry you in their hands so that you never hit your foot against a rock.’ ”

⁷Jesus said to him, “Again, Scripture says, ‘Never tempt the Lord your God.’ ”^a

⁸Once more the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms in the world and their glory. ⁹The devil said to him, “I will give you all this if you will bow down and worship me.”

¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! Scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”

¹¹Then the devil left him, and angels came to take care of him.

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Matthew 4:2–3: And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”

Footnotes

a 4:7 Or “Never put the Lord your God to any test.”