Verse 1

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

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  • Heb 2:18 : 18 Because He Himself has suffered when tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
  • Mark 1:12-15 : 12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. 13 He was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels ministered to him. 14 After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God. 15 He said: 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the gospel!'
  • Luke 4:1-9 : 1 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, He was hungry. 3 The devil said to Him, 'If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.' 4 But Jesus answered him, 'It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.' 5 Then the devil led Him up to a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant. 6 And he said to Him, 'I will give You all this authority and their glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whom I will.' 7 'Therefore if You will worship before me, it will all be Yours.' 8 But Jesus answered and said to him, 'Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.' 9 Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, 'If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.' 10 'For it is written: He will command His angels concerning You, to guard You,' 11 'and they will lift You up in their hands so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.' 12 Jesus answered him, 'It is said: You shall not test the Lord your God.' 13 When the devil had finished all this testing, he left Him until an opportune time.
  • Ezek 43:5 : 5 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
  • Heb 4:15-16 : 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are—yet without sin. 16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
  • John 14:30 : 30 I will not speak much with you anymore, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.
  • Ezek 3:14 : 14 The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and anger of spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
  • Ezek 40:2 : 2 In visions of God, He brought me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was something like the form of a city facing toward the south.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 'And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.'
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 But I, your servant, fear that if I leave, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to some place I don't know, and when I go to tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
  • 2 Kgs 2:16 : 16 They said to him, 'Look, we have fifty able men among your servants. Let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.' But Elisha replied, 'Do not send them.'
  • Ezek 3:12 : 12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the noise of a great rushing: "Blessed be the glory of the LORD from His place!"