The Temptation of Jesus

Then(A) Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.(B) After He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights,(C) He was hungry. Then the tempter approached Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”(D)

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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. The tempter(E) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,(F) tell these stones to become bread.”

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Footnotes

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