Matthew 4:1-9 ▼

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.