It was fortunate that he knew the Hebrew Bible so well. After he had fasted in the wilderness for forty days, an evil spirit came to tempt him. “Command that these stones be made bread,” it said. “If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee.” Jesus was hungry, his body and mind weakened, but in this hour of need he could turn to the scripture and recite verses that defended him from the cunning temptation the Evil One had put in his ear. He would remember reading the precept “Man does not live by bread alone.” And “Do not
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