Mark 1:11-13

Expanded Bible

¹¹ and a voice came from heaven: “You are my ·Son, whom I love [dearly beloved Son; Ps. 2:7; Gen. 22:2], ·and I am very pleased with you [in whom I take great delight; Is. 42:1].”

¹² ·Then [Immediately] the Spirit ·sent [drove; compelled] Jesus into the ·desert [wilderness]. ¹³ He was in the ·desert [wilderness] forty days [^Canalogous to Israel’s forty years] and was ·tempted [or tested] by Satan [^Cas both Adam and Eve and the nation Israel in the wilderness were tempted, but failed]. He was with the wild animals [^Cdangerous or perhaps Eden-like conditions], and the angels came and ·took care of [served; ministered to] him.