¶ The .iiii. Chapter. ✚
pp. v–vi10 passages
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¶ The .iiii. Chapter. ✚
Then was Jesus led away of the spirit §Ainto wilderness / to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty1 days and forty nights / he was afterward an hungered. Then came to him the tempter / and said: if thou be the son of God / command that these stones be made breed. He answered and said: it is written / man shall not live by breed only / but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.2
THen was Iesus ledd awaye of ye spirite §Ainto wildernes / to be tempted of ye devyll. And when he had fasted fourtye1 dayes and fourtye nightes / he was afterward an hungred. Then came to hym the tempter / and sayde: yf thou be the sonne of God / commaunde that these stones be made breed. He answered and sayde: yt is wrytten / man shall not lyve by brede onlye / but by every worde yt proceadeth out of the mouth of God.2
- 1Mark .i. b Lu. iiij. a
- 2Dutero. viij. a.
Then the devil took him up into the holy §Bcite / and set him on a pinnacle of the temple / and said unto him: if thou be the son of God / cast thy self down. For it is written / he shall