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Then Satan tempted him to get food by changing stones into loaves of bread.

“It will prove you are the Son of God,” he said.

But Jesus told him, “No! For the Scriptures tell us that bread won’t feed men’s souls: obedience to every word of God is what we need.”

Then Satan took him to Jerusalem to the roof of the Temple.

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The tempter(A) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,(B) tell these stones to become bread.”

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[a](C)

Then the devil took him to the holy city(D) and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3