Sunday, March 5, 2017

Temptation

Matthew 4:
1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  2And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry.  3And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread."  4But he answered, "It is written, `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 5Then the devil took him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,  6and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, `He will give his angels charge of you,' and `On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" 7Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, `You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"  8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;  9and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me."  10Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! for it is written, `You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'" 11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

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