Jesus lived a perfect sinless life. In our reading, today we are told how early in His ministry, Jesus was directly tempted by the Devil in ways that reflect Satan’s first work in the Garden of Eden. Jesus remains faithful to who He is, the true Son of God.
1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4
5Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6
7Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’” 11