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Matthew 4:1-3
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Matthew 4:1-3
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Jesus faces temptation alone in the desert
4 1-2 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit up into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. After a fast of forty days and nights he was very hungry.
3 “If you really are the Son of God,” said the tempter, coming to him, “tell these stones to turn into loaves.”
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Matthew 4:1-3
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Matthew 4:1-3
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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness(A)
4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a](B) by the devil.(C) 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights,(D) he was hungry. 3 The tempter(E) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,(F) tell these stones to become bread.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 4:1 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.
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