Matthew 4:1-11
Matthew 4 :1 -11
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil... Jesus answered, 'It is written: "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."'... Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
— NIV
Context
Jesus' temptation in the wilderness.
Matthew 4:1-11
The Temptation of Jesus—Satan tests Jesus in the wilderness for forty days.
The Three Temptations
Jesus faces three temptations—bread, spectacle, and power—and defeats each by quoting Scripture. This narrative establishes Jesus’ victory over Satan and provides a model for resisting temptation. The forty days echo Israel’s forty years in the wilderness.