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A Passage-by-Passage Commentary of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this commentary series features the full text of the ESV Bible passage by passage, with crisp and theologically rich exposition and application....

knowledge, and devotion to God and his Word. Each of these elicits faith and love and stirs us to follow him. The temptations are instructive in many ways. Notice first that the movement from the Spirit’s empowerment in 3:16 to the temptations of 4:1–11 is logical, for in the world of mankind, every gift brings temptation. The gift of beauty tempts to vanity; the gift of strength tempts to domination. The gift of intellect tempts to manipulation; the gift of wealth tempts to indulgence. The gift
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