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Temptations of Jesus Christ in the wilderness.

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Matthew 4:1-11 Mark 1:12-13 Luke 4:1-13
1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit up into the wilderness, to be tempted by the Devil. 2And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterwards hungry. 3And when the tempter came to Him, he said,
  • If You are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
  • 5Then the Devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him upon a pinnacle of the Temple. 6And he said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it is written, He shall give His angels charge concerning You, and in their hands they shall bear You up, lest at any time You dash Your foot against a stone. 7Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
  • 8Again, the Devil took Him up into a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9And he said to Him, All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me. 10Then Jesus said to him, Go, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.
11Then the Devil left him. And behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
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 [After being baptize by John the Baptist].
12And immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. 13And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan. And He was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to Him.
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 1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness 2forty days, being tempted by the Devil. And in those days He ate nothing. And they being ended, He afterward was hungry. 3And the Devil said to Him,
  • If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone that it might become bread. 4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God.
  • 5And the Devil, leading Him up into a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6And the Devil said to Him, All this power I will give you, and the glory of them; for it has been delivered to me. And I give it to whomever I will. 7Therefore if you will worship me, all shall be yours. 8And Jesus answered and said to him, Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.
  • 9And he brought Him to Jerusalem and sat Him on a pinnacle of the temple and said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here. 10For it is written, He shall give His angels charge over You, to keep You; 11and in their hands they shall bear You up, lest at any time You dash Your foot against a stone. 12And Jesus answering said to him, It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
13And when the Devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him for a time.
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Insights
  • The three temptations Jesus faced can be cauterized as:
    1. Lust of the flesh: command this stone to become bread.
    2. The pride of life: throw Yourself down from here, and the angels shall bear you up.
    3. Lust of the eyes: authority over all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory I give you, if you will worship me.
  • In two of the three temptations, the devil used the phase; If you are the Son of God, trying also to plant doubt in His mind or to provoke Christ to prove who He was.
  • The devil knows the importance of worship, Whom you worship, is whom you will serve. When the devil tempted Christ by saying, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me". What the Devil was really saying was: If you worship me as your master, I will let you be over and work the kingdom of the world.