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Luke 4:1-13 NIV
1 Jesus, full of the Holy
Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the
desert,
2 where for forty days he was
tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the
end of them he was hungry.
3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this
stone to become bread."
4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread
alone.'"
5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an
instant all the kingdoms of the world.
6 And he said to him, "I will
give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to
me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.
7 So if you worship me, it will
all be yours."
8 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God
and serve him only.'"
9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the
highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said,
"throw yourself down from here.
10 For it is written: " 'He
will command his angels concerning you
to guard you carefully;
11 they will lift you up in
their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
12 Jesus answered, "It says: 'Do not put the Lord your God to
the test.'"
13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him
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