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The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

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

And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”

and 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 “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”

During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’”

Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

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

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”

Next Jesus was taken into the wild by the Spirit for the Test. The Devil was ready to give it. Jesus prepared for the Test by fasting forty days and forty nights. That left him, of course, in a state of extreme hunger, which the Devil took advantage of in the first test: “Since you are God’s Son, speak the word that will turn these stones into loaves of bread.”

For the second test the Devil took him to the Holy City. He sat him on top of the Temple and said, “Since you are God’s Son, jump.” The Devil goaded him by quoting Psalm 91: “He has placed you in the care of angels. They will catch you so that you won’t so much as stub your toe on a stone.”

And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

and he *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written: ‘HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS ORDERS CONCERNING YOU’; and ‘ON YOU UP, SO THAT YOU DO NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’ ”

And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

And he said [mockingly] to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, ‘HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU [to serve, care for, protect and watch over You]’; and ‘THEY WILL LIFT YOU UP ON their HANDS, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’ ” [Ps 91:11, 12]

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”

and 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 .’”