Matthew 4:1-9 ▼

1 THEN was Jesus led away by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.

2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he became hungry.

3 And the tempter coming to him said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made loaves.

4 But he answering said, It is written, ?Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.?

5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and placed him on a wing of the temple,

6 and saith to him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, ?that he shall give his angels a charge concerning thee: and in their hands shall they hold thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.?

7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, ?Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.?

8 Again the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

9 and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall prostrate and worship me.