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Jesus and the Devil

(Mark 1.12,13; Luke 4.1-13)

(A) The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert, so that the devil could test him. After Jesus had gone without eating[a] for 40 days and nights, he was very hungry.

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Footnotes

  1. 4.2 without eating: The Jewish people sometimes went without eating (also called “fasting”) to show their love for God or to show sorrow for their sins.

Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness(A)

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a](B) by the devil.(C) After fasting forty days and forty nights,(D) he was hungry.

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Footnotes

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