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| 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan and was led the by the spirit into the desert, | 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, |
| 2 For the space of forty days, and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. | 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. |
| 3 And the devil said to him: If thou be the Son of God, say to this stone that it be made bread. | 3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread." |
| 4 And Jesus answered him: is written that Man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word of God. | 4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone.' " |
| 5 And the devil led him into a high mountain and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. | 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. |
| 6 And he said to him: To thee will I give all this power and the glory of them. For to me they are delivered: and to whom I will, I give them. | 6 And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. |
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