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Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,
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and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.
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And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.'
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But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
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Then doth the Devil take him to the [holy] city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
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and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God -- cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'
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Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'