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The Temptation of Jesus

Then Jesus(A) left the Jordan,(B) full of the Holy Spirit,(C) and was led by the Spirit(D) in the wilderness for forty days(E) to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, he was hungry. The devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.’

But Jesus answered him, ‘It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.[a](F)[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:4 Other mss add but on every word of God
  2. 4:4 Dt 8:3