1. And יהושע, being filled with the Set-apart Spirit, returned from the Yardĕn and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2. being tried for forty days by the devil. And in those days He did not eat at all, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.
3. And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of Elohim, command this stone to become bread.”
4. But יהושע answered him, saying, “It has been written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of Elohim.’ ”
5. And the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the reigns of the world in a moment of time.
6. And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I shall give You, and their esteem, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
7. “If, then, You worship before me, all shall be Yours.”
8. And יהושע answering him, said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it has been written, ‘You shall worship יהוה your Elohim, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
9. And he brought Him to Yerushalayim, set Him on the edge of the Set-apart Place, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of Elohim, throw Yourself down from here,
10. for it has been written, ‘He shall command His messengers concerning You, to guard over You,’
11. and, ‘In their hands they shall bear You up, lest You dash Your foot against a stone.’ ”
12. And יהושע answering, said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not try יהוה your Elohim.’ ”
13. And when the devil had ended every trial, he went away from Him until a convenient time.