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 .