Matthew 4:1-2

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The Temptation of Jesus

1 ¹Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness ²to be tempted by the devil.

2 And after fasting ³forty days and forty nights, he ⁴was hungry.

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1. 4:1 For ver. 1-11, see Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13
2. 4:1 [Heb. 2:18; 4:15]
3. 4:2 [Deut. 9:9, 18; 1 Kgs. 19:8]
4. 4:2 [John 4:6, 7]

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