to take upon himself).9 This is why the devil twice says, “If you are the Son of God …” (vv. 3, 6).10 All the temptations were to grab the crown without first enduring the cross. The Father promised that Jesus will be King, and we see this clearly in Psalm 2 (“I will make the nations your heritage,” v. 8) as well at the end of Matthew (“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me,” 28:18), but only if he follows the road to Calvary. The tempter tempts him to take the shortcut to glory