Matthew 4:1-13 ▼

1 Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil.

2 And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.

3 And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread.

4 And he having answered, said, It has been written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word going forth through the mouth of God.

5 Then the devil takes him into the holy city, and sets him upon the small wing of the temple;

6 And says to him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down; for it has been written, That to his messengers he will command concerning thee; and in the hands shall they lift thee up, lest that perhaps thou strike thy foot against a stone.

7 Jesus said to him, Again has it been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

8 Again, the devil takes him into a very high mount, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

9 And he says to him, All these will I give to thee, if, falling down, thou wouldst worship me.

10 Then says Jesus to him, Retire, Satan; for it has been written, The Lord thy God shalt thou worship, and him alone shalt thou serve.

11 Then the devil lets him go, and behold, the messengers came up, and they served him.

12 And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, went back into Galilee.

13 And having left Nazareth behind, having come, he dwelt in Capernaum, near the sea, in the boundaries of Zabulon and Nephthalim: