The Temptation of Jesus

4 ^(A)Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness ^(B)to be tempted by the devil. ² And after He had ^(C)fasted forty days and forty nights, He ^[a]then became hungry. ³ And ^(D)the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the ^(E)Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” ⁴ But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘^(F)Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

⁵ Then the devil *took Him into ^(G)the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,

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⁷ Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘^(I)You shall not put the ^[b]Lord your God to the test.’”

^8 (J)Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; ⁹ and he said to Him, “^(K)All these things I will give You, if You fall down and ^[c]worship me.” ¹⁰ Then Jesus *said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘^(L)You shall worship the ^[d]Lord your God, and ^[e]serve Him only.’” ¹¹ Then the devil *left Him; and behold, ^(M)angels came and began to minister to Him.

³ And He humbled you and let you be hungry and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that ^(A)man does not live by bread alone, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh.

The Holy Spirit Poured Out on the Gentiles

^34 (A)And opening his mouth, Peter said:

“I most truly comprehend now that ^(B)God is not one to show partiality,

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

3 O foolish ^(A)Galatians, who bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ ^(B)was publicly portrayed as crucified? ² This is the only thing I want to learn from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of ^[a]the Law, or by ^[b](C)hearing with faith? ³ Are you so foolish? Having begun ^[c]by the Spirit, are you now ^[d]being perfected by the flesh? ⁴ Did you ^[e]suffer so many things for nothing—^(D)if indeed it was for nothing? ⁵ So then, does He who ^(E)provides you with the Spirit and ^(F)works ^[f]miracles among you, do it by the works of ^[g]the Law, or by ^[h](G)hearing with faith?

⁶ Just as ^(H)Abraham ^(I)believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness, ⁷ so know that ^(J)those who are of faith, those are ^(K)sons of Abraham. ⁸ And the Scripture, foreseeing that God ^[i]would justify the ^[j]Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “^(L)All the nations will be blessed in you.” ⁹ So then ^(M)those who are of faith are blessed with ^[k]Abraham, the believer.

¹⁰ For as many as are of the works of ^[l]the Law are under a curse, for it is written, “^(N)Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to do them.” ¹¹ Now that ^(O)no one is justified ^[m]by ^[n]the Law before God is evident, ^[o]for “^(P)The righteous shall live by faith.” ^12 [p]However, the Law is not ^[q]of faith; rather, “^(Q)He who does them shall live ^[r]by them.” ¹³ Christ ^(R)redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “^(S)Cursed is everyone who hangs on ^(T)a ^[s]tree”— ¹⁴ in order that ^(U)in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might ^[t]come to the Gentiles, so that we ^(V)would receive ^(W)the promise of the Spirit through faith.

³⁷ This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘^(A)God will raise up for you a prophet ^[a]like me from your brothers.’

^28 (A)Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy by the mouth of two or three witnesses. ^29 (B)How much worse punishment do you think he will deserve ^(C)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as defiled ^(D)the blood of the covenant ^(E)by which he was sanctified, and has ^(F)insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know Him who said, “^(G)Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “^(H)The ^[a]Lord will judge His people.” ³¹ It is a ^(I)terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the ^(J)living God.