NEW TESTAMENT: Luke 4: 1-13 (NRSV)
1. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the
Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,
2. where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all
during those days, and when they were over, he was famished.
3. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to
become a loaf of bread."
4. Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'One does not live by bread alone.'"
5. Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of
the world.
6. And the devil said to him, "To you I will give their glory and all this
authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please.
7. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours."
8. Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve
only him.'"
9. Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the
temple, saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from
here,
10. for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you, to protect
you,'
11. and 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your
foot against a stone.'"
12. Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the
test.'"
13. When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an
opportune time.