Matthew:4:1-11
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Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert ,
to be tempted by the devil .
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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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Matthew:4:11 @
Then the devil left him ;
and behold angels came and ministered to him .