Matthew 4:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; They will strike at your head, while you strike at their heel.

1 Kings 18:12

After I leave you, the spirit of the Lord will carry you to some place I do not know, and when I go to inform Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me—though your servant has revered the Lord from his youth!

2 Kings 2:16

They said, “Among your servants are fifty brave men. Let them go in search of your master. Perhaps the spirit of the Lord has lifted him up and left him on some mountain or in some valley.” He answered, “Do not send them.”

Ezekiel 11:1

The spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord facing east. There at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men; among them I saw the public officials Jaazaniah, son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, son of Benaiah.

Ezekiel 11:24

In a vision, the spirit lifted me up and brought me back to the exiles in Chaldea, by the spirit of God. The vision I had seen left me,

Ezekiel 3:12

Then the spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling noise as the glory of the Lord rose from its place:

Ezekiel 3:14

And the spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went off, my spirit angry and bitter, for the hand of the Lord pressed hard on me.

Ezekiel 40:2

In a divine vision he brought me to the land of Israel, where he set me down on a very high mountain. In front of me, there was something like a city built on it.

Ezekiel 43:5

Then the spirit lifted me up and brought me to the inner court. And there the glory of the Lord filled the temple!

Ezekiel 8:3

He stretched out the form of a hand and seized me by the hair of my head. The spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in divine vision to Jerusalem to the entrance of the inner gate facing north where the statue of jealousy that provokes jealousy stood.

John 14:30

I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me,

Acts 8:39

When they came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but continued on his way rejoicing.

Romans 8:14

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

Hebrews 2:18

Because he himself was tested through what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.

James 1:14

Rather, each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.