2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.
3 And the Tempter having come to him said, 'If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.'
4 But he answering said, 'It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
5 Then doth the Devil take him to the 'holy' city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
6 and saith to him, 'If Son thou art of God -- cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'
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