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And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.
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And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
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Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.
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Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple,
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And said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written: That he hath given his angels charge over thee, and in their hands shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
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Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,
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And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.
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Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.
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Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to him.
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And when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, he retired into Galilee: