The Temptation of Jesus

4 Then^(A) Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.^(B)

¹⁰ Then Jesus told him, “Go away,^[a] Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”^[b](A)

¹⁹ When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.^(A)

¹⁰ and said, “You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery, you son of the devil^(A) and enemy of all that is right. Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths^(B) of the Lord?