Mark 1:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He stayed there for forty days while Satan tested him. Jesus was with the wild animals, but angels took care of him.

Cross References

Exodus 34:28

Moses stayed on the mountain with the LORD for forty days and nights, without eating or drinking. And he wrote down the Ten Commandments, the most important part of God's agreement with his people.

Matthew 26:53

Don't you know that I could ask my Father, and straight away he would send me more than twelve armies of angels?

Matthew 4:1

The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert, so that the devil could test him.

Luke 4:1

When Jesus returned from the River Jordan, the power of the Holy Spirit was with him, and the Spirit led him into the desert.

Deuteronomy 9:18

I bowed down at the place of worship and prayed to the LORD, without eating or drinking for forty days and nights. You had committed a terrible sin by making that idol, and the LORD hated what you had done. He was angry enough to destroy all of you and Aaron as well. So I prayed for you and Aaron as I had done before, and this time the LORD answered my prayers.

Deuteronomy 9:25

After you had made the idol in the shape of a calf, the LORD said he was going to destroy you. So I bowed down in front of the sacred tent for forty days and nights,

1 Timothy 3:16

Here is the great mystery of our religion: Christ came as a human. The Spirit proved that he pleased God, and he was seen by angels. Christ was preached to the nations. People in this world put their faith in him, and he was taken up to glory.

Hebrews 4:15

Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are. But he did not sin!