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¹Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

²for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

³The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

⁴Jesus answered him, saying,"It is written, `Man will not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.`"

⁵The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited world in a moment of time.

⁶The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

⁷If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."

⁸Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, `You will worship the Lord your God, and him only will you serve.`"

⁹He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

¹⁰for it is written, `He will give his angels charge concerning you, to guard you;`

¹¹and, `On their hands they will bear you up, Lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.`"

¹²Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, `You shall not tempt the Lord your God.`"

¹³When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for awhile.