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The Book of Luke, Chapter 4, Verse 2

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And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
King James Version
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
American Standard Version
during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.
New English Translation
for it is written,‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’
World English Bible
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
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And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
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And Jesus answered him, saying, ‹It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.›
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And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
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And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
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If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
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And Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.›
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And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
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For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
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And in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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And Jesus answering said unto him, ‹It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.›