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Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished.
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The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread."
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But he answered, "It is written, "One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.' "
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Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple,
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saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, "He will command his angels concerning you,' and "On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.' "
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Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, "Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' "
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Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor;