1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

 3The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."

 4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."

 5Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

 6"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written:
   " 'He will command his angels concerning you,
      and they will lift you up in their hands,
   so that you will not strike your foot against a stone."

 7Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test."

 8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

 9"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."

10Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only."

11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

Luke 4: 1-13

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

 2for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.

 3And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."

 4And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.'"

 5And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

 6And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

 7"Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours."

 8Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'"

 9And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;

10for it is written,
         'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU,'

11and,
         'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP,
         SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'"

12And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"

13When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

Jesus answered the devil by quoting these verses from the Old Testament:

Deuteronomy 8: 3   He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 6: 16 You shall not put the Lord your God to the test

Deuteronomy 6: 13 You shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.

March 2009
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