The Sayings Gospel Q · 2 of 12

The Temptation

1.Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert (2) to be tested by the devil. He didn’t eat anything for forty days […] he was hungry.

3.And the devil told him, “If you’re God’s Son, tell these stones to turn into bread.”

4.And Jesus replied, “It’s written, ‘A person shouldn’t live on bread alone.’”

9.The devil led him to Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said, “If you’re God’s Son, throw yourself down, (10) because it’s written, ‘God will put God’s angels in charge of you,’”

11.“and ‘On their hands they’ll bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’”

12.And in reply Jesus told him, “It’s been said, ‘Don’t test the Lord, your God.’”

5.Then the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the empires of the world and their glory and told him, (6) “I’ll give you all these, (7) if you’ll bow to me.”

8.And in reply Jesus told him, “It’s written: ‘Bow to the Lord your God, and serve God only.’”

13.And the devil left him.

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