THE BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF JESUS.
And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of
Galilee, to Jordan, unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbade
him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
And Jesus answering said unto him,
Suffer _it to be_ so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill
all righteousness.
Then he suffered him. Now when all the people were baptized, it came to
pass, that Jesus also being baptized, went up straightway out of the
water; and praying, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and the Holy
Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and there came a
voice from heaven, _saying_, "Thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well
pleased."
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan, and was
led by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And
he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was
with the wild beasts. And in those days he did eat nothing. And when he
had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God,
command that these stones be made bread. But Jesus answered and said,
It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a
pinnacle of the temple. And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself down from hence: for it is written, He shall give his
angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee: And in _their_ hands they
shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
And Jesus answering said unto him,
It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and
sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, in a
moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give
thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me: and to
whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt fall down and
worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him
for a season. And, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.