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1 Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil: 2 there having fasted forty days and forty nights, he at length grew hungry. 3 whereupon the tempter came to him, and said, "If thou be the Son of God, command these stones to become bread." 4 but Jesus answered him, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every thing that God shall prescribe." 5 then the devil took Jesus with him to Jerusalem, and having set him on the wing of the temple, he said to him, 6 if you are the Son of God, throw your self down: for it is written, "he will charge his angels to take care of you, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest you bruise your foot against a stone." 7 Jesus replied, it is likewise written, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." 8 Again, the devil accompanyed him up a very high mountain, and representing to him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them: all these things, 9 said he, will I give you, if you will prostrate your self and worship me. Matthew 4:1-9, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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