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The Devil tries to make Jesus do wrong things

Then Jesus returned from the Jordan River.[a] He was full of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit led him into the wilderness. He stayed there for 40 days and he did not eat anything. During this time the Devil tried to cause Jesus to do wrong things.[b] At the end of 40 days, Jesus was very hungry.

The Devil said to Jesus, ‘If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone. Tell it to become bread.’

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Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Jesus was soon to start the work that God sent him to do.
  2. 4:2 The Devil is an angel that refused to obey God. He also tries to cause people to do bad things.

Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness(A)

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,(B) left the Jordan(C) and was led by the Spirit(D) into the wilderness, where for forty days(E) he was tempted[a] by the devil.(F) He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God,(G) tell this stone to become bread.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:2 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.