Temptations and Visions
Mark 1:12-13, SV
And right away the spirit drives him out into the wilderness, where he remained for forty days, being put to the test by Satan. While he was living there among the wild animals, the heavenly messengers looked after him.
Mark 1:12-13, NRSV
And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wile beasts; and the angels waited on him.
Matthew 4:1-11, SV
Then Jesus was guided into the wilderness by the spirit to be put to the test by the devil. And after he had fasted “forty days and forty nights,” he was famished.
And the tester confronted him and said, “To prove you’re God’s son, order these stones to turn into bread.”
He responded, “It is written, ‘Human beings are not to live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of God’s mouth.’”
Then the devil conducts him to the holy city, he set him on the pinnacle of the temple and says to him, “To prove you’re God’s son, jump off; remember, it is written, ‘To his heavenly messengers he will give orders about you,’ and ‘with their hands they will catch you, so you won’t even stub your toe on a stone.’”
Jesus said to him, “Elsewhere it is written, ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain and shows him all the empires of the world and their splendor, and says to him, “I’ll give you all these, if you will kneel down and pay homage to me.”
Finally Jesus says to him, “Get out of here, Satan! Remember it is written, ‘You are to pay homage to the Lord your God, and you are to revere him alone.’”
Then the devil leaves him, and heavenly messengers arrive out of nowhere and look after him.
Matthew 4:1-11, NRSV
Then Jesus was led up the by Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished.
The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”
But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, 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.’”
Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”
Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’”
The the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.
Luke 4:1-13, SV
Jesus departed from the Jordan full of the holy spirit and was guided by the spirit into the wilderness, where he was put to the test by the devil for forty days. He ate nothing that whole time; and when it was all over, he was famished.
The devil said to him, “To prove you’re God’s son, order this stone to turn into bread.”
Jesus responded to him, “It is written, ‘Human beings are not to live on bread alone.’”
Then he took Jesus up, and in an instant of time showed him all the empires of the civilized world. The devil said to him, “I’ll bestow on you authority over all this and the glory that comes with it; understand, it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want. So, if you will pay homage to me, it will all be yours.”
Jesus responded, “It is written, ‘You are to pay homage to the Lord your God, and you are to revere him alone.’”
Then he took him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “To prove you’re God’s son, jump off from here; remember, it is written, ‘To his heavenly messengers he will give orders about you, to protect you,’ and ‘with their hands they will catch you so you won’t even stub your toe on a stone.’”
And in response Jesus said to him, “It is said, ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”
So when the devil had tried every kind of test, he let him alone for the time being.
Luke 4:1-13, NRSV
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished.
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.”
Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’”
Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”
Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’”
Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’”
Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.
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