does not argue with Satan, nor does he rise up and assert himself as God’s Son, in whom God is pleased. Rather, Jesus takes himself out of the discussion. He deflects Satan’s focus on “me” by quoting Scripture. Quite remarkably, Jesus answers the three temptations with three quotations from the book of Deuteronomy. I doubt that Jesus chose Deuteronomy at random. It seems very likely that Jesus had been meditating on Deuteronomy during his forty days in the wilderness, which would be completely appropriate