3. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this rock to become bread.”
4. Jesus answered, “The Scriptures say, ‘It is not just bread that keeps people alive.’” Deuteronomy 8:3
5. Then the devil took Jesus and in a moment of time showed him all the kingdoms of the world.
6. The devil said to him, “I will make you king over all these places. You will have power over them, and you will get all the glory. It has all been given to me. I can give it to anyone I want.
7. I will give it all to you, if you will only worship me.”
8. Jesus answered, “The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God. Serve only him.’” Deuteronomy 6:13
9. Then the devil led Jesus to Jerusalem and put him on a high place at the edge of the Temple area. He said to him, “If you are the Son of God, jump off!
25-26. “During the time of Elijah it did not rain in Israel for three and a half years. There was no food anywhere in the whole country. There were many widows in Israel during that time. But the fact is, Elijah was sent to none of those widows in Israel. He was sent only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon.
27. “And there were many people with leprosy living in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha. But none of them were healed; the only one was Naaman. And he was from the country of Syria, not Israel.”
28. When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were very angry.
29. They got up and forced Jesus to go out of town. Their town was built on a hill. They took Jesus to the edge of the hill to throw him off.
30. But he walked through the middle of the crowd and went away.
31. Jesus went to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. On the Sabbath day he taught the people.
32. They were amazed at his teaching because he spoke with authority.
33. In the synagogue there was a man who had an evil spirit from the devil inside him. The man shouted loudly,
34. “Jesus of Nazareth! What do you want with us? Did you come here to destroy us? I know who you are—God’s Holy One!”
35. But Jesus warned the evil spirit to stop. He said, “Be quiet! Come out of the man!” The evil spirit threw the man down on the ground in front of everyone. Then the evil spirit left the man and did not hurt him.