Luke 4:1-15 ▼

1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was being led in the Spirit in the wilderness

2 forty days, being tempted by the Devil. And He ate nothing in those days; and, when they were completed, He hungered.

3 And the Devil said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, command this stone, that it become bread."

4 And Jesus made answer to him, "It has been written, 'Not on bread alone shall man live.'"

5 And, leading Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in a moment of time.

6 And the Devil said to Him, "To Thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them; because to me it has been delivered, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

7 If Thou, therefore, wilt worship before me, it shall all be Thine."

8 And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"

9 And he led Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, cast Thyself down hence;

10 for it has been written, 'He will command His angels concerning you, to keep watch over you;

11 and on their hands they shall bear you up, lest haply you dash your foot against a stone.'"

12 And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

13 And, having completed every temptation, the Devil departed from Him until a fitting season.

14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and a report went out concerning Him through all the region round about.

15 And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.