New American Standard Bible Version

The First Temptation
(according to the Gospel of Matthew)

1-2. Why?

1-3. How many days did Jesus fast?

1-4. Why would Matthew include "nights"?

1-5. Why would Matthew write, "He was hungry." ?

1-6. Who is the "one" that has been tempted in every way?

1-7. In Matthew 4:3 when Satan asked, "If you are the Son of God.." What was Satan questioning?

If Jesus was God's Son.

1-8. When Satan said, "command that stones become bread." How was this temptation like that of Adam and Eve? (What human weakness did Satan appeal to?)

1-9. Would the Father give Jesus a stone if Jesus asked for bread?

1-10. What was Jesus' food?

1-11. What is meant by "It is written:?"

1-12. In verse 1, who made a promise to whom?

1-13. In verse 2, who led the people in the desert for forty years?

1-14. Why?

1-15. Who humbled them?

1-16. After they were humbled, they became hungry, then God provided for them by giving them manna. What was God teaching them?

"...man does not live by bread alone but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord."

1-17. Looking at the specific detail in verse three, the words, "every word" are written. Consider the importance of "every." Why is every important?

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