27. The Temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1~11)

4:1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
4:2. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
4:3. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4:4. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
4:5. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
4:6. And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
4:7. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
4:8. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.
4:9. And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
4:10. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
4:11. Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.