37 the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the

son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the 38 son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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THE TEMPTATION.

S. Mark i. 12, 13.

AND straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness.

And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

S. Luke iv. 1—13.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the

2 Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness during forty days, being tempted of the devil.

And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.

If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread.

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It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.

And he led him up, and shewed him all the kingdoms

of the world in a moment of time.

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Or, in

2 Or, a loaf

3 Gr. the inhabited earth.

And the devil said unto him, To thee will I give all this 6 authority, and the glory of them: for it hath been delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou 7 therefore wilt worship before me, it shall all be thine.

And Jesus answered and said unto him,

It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the 9 'pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him,

If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence for it is written,

and,

He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee:

On their hands they shall bear thee up,

Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

And Jesus answering said unto him,

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It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

And when the devil had completed every temptation, 13

he departed from him for a season.

S. Matt. iv. 1—11.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness 1 to be tempted of the devil.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he 2 afterward hungered.

And the tempter came and said unto him,

If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become "bread.

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1 Gr. wing.

2 Or, until

3 Gr. loaves.

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But he answered and said,

It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he 6 set him on the 'pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down for it is written,

He shall give his angels charge concerning thee:

And on their hands they shall bear thee up,

Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Jesus said unto him,

Again it is written,

Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and he said unto him,

All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Then saith Jesus unto him,

Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written,

Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

1 Gr. wing.

XXVII.

S. JOHN'S PREFACE.

S. John i. 1-14.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made 'by him; and without him 'was not anything made that hath been made.

In him was life;

and the life was the light of men.

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And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness 5 3 apprehended it not.

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was 6 John. The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

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He was not the light, but came that he might bear wit- 8 ness of the light.

'There was the true light, even the light which lighteth 9 'every man, coming into the world. He was in the world, 10

and the world was made 'by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and they that were his own 11 received him not. But as many as received him, to them 12 gave he the right to become children of God, even to them

1 Or, through

2 Or, was not anything made. That which hath been made was life in him; and the life &c.

3 Or, overcame. See ch. xii. 35 (Gr.).

4 Or, The true light, which lighteth every man, was coming

5 Or, every man as he cometh

6 Gr. his own things.

13 that believe on his name: which were 'born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

XXVIII.

THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY TO CHRIST.

(Addressed (1) to all, (2) to a deputation from Jerusalem.)

Time. The first of a period of seven days commencing immediately after the Temptation and ending with the First Miracle at Cana of Galilee.

S. John i. 15-28.

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JOHN beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying,
"This was he of whom I said,

He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was "before me.

For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

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No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

1 Or, begotten

3 Gr. tabernacled.

2 Gr. bloods.

4 Or, an only begotten from a father

5 Some ancient authorities read (this was he that said).

• Gr. first in regard of me.

7 Or, through

8 Many very ancient authorities read God only begotten.