and saying, &#8220;If<n id="1" /> you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!&#8221;

The devil said to him, &#8220;If<n id="1" /> you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.&#8221;<n id="2" />

and said, &#8220;If<n id="1" /> you are the Christ,<n id="2" /> tell us.&#8221; But he said to them, &#8220;If<n id="3" /> I tell you, you will not<n id="4" /> believe,

So if<n id="1" /> you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about<n id="2" /> the rest?

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;I have come<n id="1" /> to bring<n id="2" /> fire on the earth &#8211; and how I wish it were already kindled!

Then if<n id="1" /> it bears fruit next year,<n id="2" /> very well,<n id="3" /> but if<n id="4" /> not, you can cut it down.&#8217;&#8221;p>

If he cannot succeed,<n id="1" /> he will send a representative<n id="2" /> while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.<n id="3" />

Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?&#8221;<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

For if such things are done<n id="1" /> when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the devil<n id="2" /> brought him to Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> had him stand<n id="4" /> on the highest point of the temple,<n id="5" /> and said to him, &#8220;If<n id="6" /> you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

Yet<n id="1" /> Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.<n id="2" />

But if I cast out demons by the finger<n id="1" /> of God, then the kingdom of God<n id="2" /> has already overtaken<n id="3" /> you.

Someone<n id="1" /> asked<n id="2" /> him, &#8220;Lord, will only a few<n id="3" /> be saved?&#8221; So<n id="4" /> he said to them,

Then<n id="1" /> the father<n id="2" /> said to him, &#8216;Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.

If then you haven&#8217;t been trustworthy<n id="1" /> in handling worldly wealth,<n id="2" /> who will entrust you with the true riches?<n id="3" />

And if you haven&#8217;t been trustworthy<n id="1" /> with someone else&#8217;s property,<n id="2" /> who will give you your own<n id="3" />?

Jesus<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;Why do you call me good?<n id="2" /> No one is good except God alone.

When<n id="1" /> those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, &#8220;Lord, should<n id="2" /> we use our swords?&#8221;<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, &#8220;Aren&#8217;t<n id="1" /> you the Christ?<n id="2" /> Save yourself and us!&#8221;