Category:Jesus in the Desert

Matthew 4:1-11

'Christ's fast of forty days; He is tempted. He begins to preach, to call disciples to Him, and to work miracles.'

4:8. Again the devil took Him up onto a very high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,

Showed Him, etc. . .That is, pointed out to Him where each kingdom lay; and set forth in words what was most glorious and admirable in each of them. Or also set before His eyes, as it were in a large map, a lively representation of all those kingdoms.

4:9. and said to Him, “All these will I give You, if You will fall down and adore me.”

4:10. Then Jesus said to him, “Begone, Satan, for it is written: The Lord your God shall you adore, and Him only shall you serve.”

4:11. Then the devil left Him, and behold Angels came and ministered to Him.

Mark 1:12-13

1:12. Immediately the Spirit impelled Him out into the desert.

'''1:13. Jesus was in the desert forty days and forty nights, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the beasts, and the Angels ministered to Him.'''

Luke 4:1-13

'Christ's fasting and temptation. He is persecuted in Nazareth. His miracles in Capernaum.'

4:1. Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert

'''4:2. for a period of forty days and was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days, and when they were ended, He was hungry.'''



4:3. The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, say to this stone that it be made bread.”

4:4. Jesus answered him, “It is written that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.”

4:5. The devil also led Him onto a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

4:6. and he said to Him, “To You will I give all this power and the glory of them, for they are delivered to me, and to whom I wish, I give them.

4:7. “If You therefore will adore before me, all shall be Yours.”

4:8. Jesus answered him, “It is written: You shall adore the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.”



4:9. The devil also brought Jesus to Jerusalem and set Him on a pinnacle of the Temple and said to Him, “If you are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here,

4:10. “for it is written that He has given His angels charge over you that they guard you,

4:11. “and that in their hands they shall bear you up so that you might not dash your foot against a stone.”

4:12. Jesus answered him, “It is said, You shalt not tempt the Lord your God.”

4:13. All the temptation being ended, the devil departed from Him for a time.

4:14. Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and the fame of Him went out through the whole country,

Hebrews 4:15

4:15. For we have not a High Priest who cannot have compassion on our infirmities: but One tempted in all things like as we are, without sin.