Disciples use Scripture to overcome temptation

¹Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, ²where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished. ³The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” ⁴Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone.’”

⁵Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world. ⁶And he said to him, “To you I will grant this whole realm—and the glory that goes along with it, for it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. ⁷So then, if you will worship me, all this will be yours.” ⁸Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

⁹Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, ¹⁰for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’ ¹¹and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” ¹²Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’” ¹³So when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time.