Matthew 4:1 - Plain English Version

¹ Then the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the bush, and the devil, the boss over the bad spirits, tested him there, trying to trick him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEN JESUS was led (guided) by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness (desert) to be tempted (tested and tried) by the devil.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Common English Bible

¹ Then the Spirit led Jesus up into the wilderness so that the devil might tempt him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert, in order to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 4:1 Cross References

Genesis 3:15

The woman’s kids will hate you, and so will all their kids, and all the people that will be born later on. People will always be your enemies. And Snake, your kids will hate the woman’s kids, and so will all the snake mob that will be born later on. You snake mob will always be the people’s enemies. They will hit your heads, and you will bite their feet.”

John 14:30

All right, I will not tell you much more, because the boss over the bad spirits is getting close now. He is the boss over this world, but he is not my boss, so he can’t tell me what to do.

Acts 8:39

After they came up out of the water, the Holy Spirit quickly took Philip away. The Ethiopian man never saw him again, but he was really happy, and he kept going on his way home.

Romans 8:14

It is like this. God’s kids are those people that listen to his spirit and follow him.

James 1:14

We do it to ourselves. Whenever we think about things we want for ourselves, and we don’t think about things God wants us to do, we just trick ourselves. Then we go ahead and do wrong things. You know, if we keep on doing those bad things, we will die.