12 Day 1 • Luke-Acts, part 1
will burn up the husks with fire that can’ t be put out.” John said many oth er things to warn the peo ple. He also an nounced the good news to them.
When all the peo ple were be ing bap tized, Jesus was bap tized too. And as he was pray ing, heav en was opened. The Holy Spir it came to rest on him in the form of a dove. A voice came from heav en. It said,“ You are my Son, and I love you. I am very pleased with you.”
Jesus was about 30 years old when he be gan his spe cial work for God and oth ers. It was thought that he was the son of Jo seph. p
Jesus, full of the Holy Spir it, left the Jor dan Riv er. The Spir it led him into the des ert. There the dev il tempt ed him for 40 days. Jesus ate noth ing dur ing that time. At the end of the 40 days, he was hungry.
The dev il said to him,“ If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” Jesus an swered,“ It is writ ten,‘ Man must not live only on bread.’” Then the dev il led Jesus up to a high place. In an in stant, he showed Jesus all the king doms of the world. He said to Jesus,“ I will give you all their au thor i ty and glo ry. It has been giv en to me, and I can give it to any one I want to. If you wor ship me, it will all be yours.”
Jesus an swered,“ It is writ ten,‘ Wor ship the Lord your God. He is the only one you should serve.’”
Then the dev il led Jesus to Je ru sa lem. He had Jesus stand on the high est point of the tem ple.“ If you are the Son of God,” he said,“ throw your self down from here. It is writ ten,
“‘ The Lord will command his angels to take good care of you. They will lift you up in their hands.
Then you won’ t trip over a stone.’”
Jesus an swered,“ Scrip ture says,‘ Do not test the Lord your God.’” When the dev il fin ished all this tempt ing, he left Jesus un til a better time.