Luke 4:1-6

The Temptation of Jesus

1 ¹Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, ²returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness

2 for ³forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing * during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.

3 And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."

4 And Jesus answered him, "It is written, '⁴MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.' "

5 ⁵And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of ⁶the world in a moment of time.

6 And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and its glory; ⁷for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever * I wish.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 4:1-13: {Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12, 13}
• 2. Luke 3:3
• 3. Exodus 34:28; 1 Kings 19:8
• 4. Deuteronomy 8:3
• 5. Matthew 4:8-10
• 6. Matthew 24:14
• 7. 1 John 5:19

Footnotes

• [a] Or "under the influence of;" lit "in"
• [b] Lit "the inhabited earth"
• [c] Lit "their" (referring to the kingdoms in v 5)