Luke 4:1–13

Jesus Is Tempted

4Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. The Spirit led him into the desert. ²There the devil tempted him for 40 days.

Jesus ate nothing during that time. At the end of the 40 days, he was hungry.

³The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

⁴Jesus answered, “It is written, ‘Man doesn’t live only on bread.’ ”

⁵Then the devil led Jesus up to a high place. In an instant, he showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world. ⁶He said to him, “I will give you all their authority and glory. It has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. ⁷So if you worship me, it will all be yours.”

⁸Jesus answered, “It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God. He is the only one you should serve.’ ”

⁹Then the devil led Jesus to Jerusalem. He had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. ¹⁰It is written,

“ ‘The Lord will command his angels to take good care of you.

¹¹They will lift you up in their hands.

Then you won’t trip over a stone.’ ”

¹²Jesus answered, “Scripture says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”

¹³When the devil finished all this tempting, he left Jesus until a better time.