Matthew 4:1-9 ▼

1 Then was Iesus ledde away of the spirite into wyldernesse, to be tempted of the deuyll.

2 And when he had fasted fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, he was afterwarde an hungred.

3 And when the tempter came to hym, he sayde: If thou be the sonne of God, commaunde that these stones be made breade.

4 But he aunswered, and sayde, it is written: Man shall not lyue by breade only, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God.

5 Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holy citie, and setteth hym on a pinacle of the temple,

6 And saith vnto hym: If thou be the sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe. For it is written: He shall geue his Angels charge ouer thee, & with their handes they shall lyft thee vp, lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone.

7 And Iesus sayde to hym. It is written agayne: Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God.

8 Agayne, the deuyll taketh hym vp, into an exceadyng hye mountayne, and sheweth hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde, and the glorie of them,

9 And sayth vnto hym: All these wyll I geue thee, yf thou wylt fall downe, and worshyp me.