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Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.
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And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.
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And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.
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But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
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Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,
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If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
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Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
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Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;
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And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.
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Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.