4:1 耶穌被聖靈充滿，從約旦河回來，聖靈將他引到曠野，四十天受魔鬼的試探。
4:2 那些日子沒有吃甚麼；日子滿了，他就餓了。
4:3 魔鬼對他說：「你若是上帝的兒子，可以吩咐這塊石頭變成食物。」
4:4 耶穌回答說：「經上記著說：『人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠上帝口裡所出的一切話。』」
4:5 魔鬼又領他上了高山，霎時間把天下的萬國都指給他看，
4:6 對他說：「這一切權柄、榮華，我都要給你，因為這原是交付我的，我願意給誰就給誰。
4:7 你若在我面前下拜，這都要歸你。」
4:8 耶穌說：「經上記著說：當拜主─你的上帝，單要事奉他。」
4:9 魔鬼又領他到耶路撒冷去，叫他站在殿頂（頂：原文是翅）上，對他說：「你若是上帝的兒子，可以從這裡跳下去；
4:10 因為經上記著說：主要為你吩咐他的使者保護你；
4:11 他們要用手托著你，免得你的腳碰在石頭上。」
4:12 耶穌對他說：「經上說：『不可試探主─你的上帝。』」
4:13 魔鬼用完了各樣的試探，就暫時離開耶穌。
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted[a] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7 If you worship me, it will all be yours.”
8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”
9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. 10 For it is written:
“‘He
will command his angels concerning you
to guard you carefully;
11 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[d]”
12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[e]”
13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
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主耶穌受試探是魔鬼的作為，卻是聖靈的引導！這也讓我們認識到，要不是在上帝的允許下，魔鬼的試探是不會臨到我們，因為連主耶穌是上帝取了人身，成為人的樣式，都要受到試探，更何況我們呢？
西伯來書5章7-10節說：「基督在肉體的時候，既大聲哀哭，流淚禱告，懇求那能救他免死的主，就因他的虔誠蒙了應允。他雖然為兒子，還是因所受的苦難學了順從。他既得以完全，就為凡順從他的人成了永遠得救的根源，並蒙上帝照著麥基洗德的等次稱他為大祭司。」
希伯來書的這段話似乎和主耶穌受試探有相當的呼應，也為透過聖靈讓主耶穌經歷各樣的考驗和苦難，更能彰顯上帝在基督裡拯救我們的決心，讓我們感受人不是靠自己來得勝，而是主在前面開路與征戰，我們才在得勝的行列之中！
保羅說：「感謝上帝！常率領我們在基督裡誇勝，並藉著我們在各處顯揚那因認識基督而有的香氣。因為我們在上帝面前，無論在得救的人身上或滅亡的人身上，都有基督馨香之氣。」(哥林多後書2:14-15)
感謝主！主耶穌勝過了魔鬼的試探，我們在基督裡才能夠的保守，不被那惡者所轄制與攻擊到完全沒有指望，因為得勝的基督已經勝過那惡者！敗壞那惡者的權勢，使我們永遠屬基督，成為上帝的兒女！
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