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1 Then was Jesus led by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.
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Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.
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After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou art the son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
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The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
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Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
6 And saith to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall uphold thee, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
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