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Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led about by the Spirit in the Desert for forty days,
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tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger.
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Then the Devil said to Him, "If you are God's Son, tell this stone to become bread."
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"It is written," replied Jesus, "`It is not on bread alone that a man shall live.'"
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The Devil next led Him up and caused Him to see at a glance all the kingdoms of the world.
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And the Devil said to Him, "To you will I give all this authority and this splendour; for it has been handed over to me, and on whomsoever I will I bestow it.