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9-11 Then Satan took him to Jerusalem to a high roof of the Temple and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say that God will send his angels to guard you and to keep you from crashing to the pavement below!”

12 Jesus replied, “The Scriptures also say, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to a foolish test.’”

13 When the devil had ended all the temptations, he left Jesus for a while and went away.

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11 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[a](A)

12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[b](B)

13 When the devil had finished all this tempting,(C) he left him(D) until an opportune time.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:11 Psalm 91:11,12
  2. Luke 4:12 Deut. 6:16