Luke 4:1-2

Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness

1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

2 where for forty days he was tempted^[a] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

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Cross References 5

1. ver 14,18; S Luke 1:15,35; Luke 3:16,22; Luke 10:21
2. Luke 3:3,21
3. Ezekiel 37:1; Luke 2:27
4. Exodus 34:28; 1 Kings 19:8
5. Hebrews 4:15

Footnotes 1

[a]. The Greek for "tempted" can also mean "tested" .

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