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The temptation of Jesus
Manila Bulletin
|February 22, 2026
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
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He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry. The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.”
He said in reply, “It is written: One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.” Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:
He will command his angels concerning you and with their hands they will support you/ lest you dash your foot against a stone.” Jesus answered him,
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"Again it is written, You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test."
Jesus was tempted in every way that we are, but he did not sin
This story is from the February 22, 2026 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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