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| | |<span id="4:1"></span>Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. | | |<span id="4:1"></span>Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. |
| | |Then God's will led Jesus into the desert to be tested by the devil.<ref>Alternative: | | |Then God's will led Jesus into the desert to be tested by the devil.<ref>Alternative: |
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| | |and told him, "I will give You all these things, if You will fall down and worship me." | | |and told him, "I will give You all these things, if You will fall down and worship me." |
| | |Satan now offers Jesus the chance to be a political Messiah, One Who uses raw political power. | | |Satan now offers Jesus the chance to be a political Messiah, One Who uses raw political power. |
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| − | |<span id="4:9"></span>And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
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| − | |He said to Him, "I will give You all these things, if You will prostrate yourself and worship me."
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| | |Then Jesus told him, "Get away from me, Satan. Scripture says, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'" | | |Then Jesus told him, "Get away from me, Satan. Scripture says, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'" |
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| − | |<span id="4:10"></span>Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
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| − | |Then Jesus said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him alone shall you serve.'"
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| − | |<span id="4:11"></span>Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
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| − | |Then the devil left Him, and suddenly messengers ''of God'' came and waited on Him.
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| − | |The word used is '''διακονεω''', which means "I wait on someone like a table waiter." From this root comes the Greek word '''διακονος''' a table waiter, which survives today as the word ''[[deacon]]''.
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| | |<span id="4:11"></span>Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. | | |<span id="4:11"></span>Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. |
| | |Then, when the devil left Him, the angels came and served Him. | | |Then, when the devil left Him, the angels came and served Him. |
| − | |the "behold" asking us to see, and we do and we see, after the devil has left, or as he is leaving, the angels, in their turn, are coming in. | + | |The "behold" asking us to see, and we do and we see, after the devil has left, or as he is leaving, the angels, in their turn, are coming in. |
| − | | + | <br>The word used is '''διακονεω''', which means "I wait on someone like a table waiter." From this root comes the Greek word '''διακονος''' a table waiter, which survives today as the word ''[[deacon]]''. |
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