Mark 1:13

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He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.

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  • Exod 34:28 : 28 So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
  • Matt 26:53 : 53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?
  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
  • Exod 24:18 : 18 Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
  • Heb 2:17-18 : 17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
  • Deut 9:11 : 11 Now at the end of the forty days and nights the LORD presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
  • Deut 9:18 : 18 Then I again fell down before the LORD for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the LORD as to enrage him.
  • Deut 9:25 : 25 Moses’ Plea on Behalf of God’s Reputation I lay flat on the ground before the LORD for forty days and nights, for he had said he would destroy you.
  • 1 Kgs 19:5-8 : 5 He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said,“Get up and eat.” 6 He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more. 7 The LORD’s angel came back again, touched him, and said,“Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.” 8 So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
  • Matt 4:10-11 : 10 Then Jesus said to him,“Go away, Satan! For it is written:‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” 11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.

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    1The Temptation of Jesus Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

    2where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.

    3The devil said to him,“If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

    4Jesus answered him,“It is written,‘Man does not live by bread alone.’”

    5Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

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    10And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

    11And a voice came from heaven:“You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight.”

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    2After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.

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    4But he answered,“It is written,‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

    5Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,

    6and said to him,“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written,‘He will command his angels concerning you’ and‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

    7Jesus said to him,“Once again it is written:‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”

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    9And he said to him,“I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”

    10Then Jesus said to him,“Go away, Satan! For it is written:‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

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    23Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

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    41Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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