While ¹  the Pharisees ²  were assembled, Jesus asked them a question: ³ 

So ¹  when the devil ²  had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time. ³ 

But Jesus ¹  perceived their deceit ²  and said to them,

Do not judge according to external appearance, ¹  but judge with proper ²  judgment.”

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. ¹  And God is faithful: He ²  will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, ³  but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim ¹  belong to your godly one, ²  whose authority you challenged at Massah, ³  and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah. ⁴ 

I also thought to myself, “It is ¹  for the sake of people, ²  so God can clearly ³  show ⁴  them that they are like animals.

Now this is the basis for judging: ¹  that the light has come into the world and people ²  loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

Do not be conformed ¹  to this present world, ²  but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve ³  what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. ¹  Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, ²  as though I were Christ Jesus himself! ³ 

But he knows the pathway that I take; ¹  if he tested me, I would come forth like gold. ² 

The Lord approves of ¹  the godly, ²  but he ³  hates ⁴  the wicked and those who love to do violence. ⁵ 

He says, ¹  “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, ²  like they were that day at Massah ³  in the wilderness, ⁴ 

I have examined all this by wisdom; I said, “I am determined ¹  to comprehend this” ²  – but it was beyond my grasp. ³ 

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ¹  to be tempted by the devil.

Then the devil took him to the holy city, ¹  had him stand ²  on the highest point ³  of the temple,

And do not lead us into temptation, ¹  but deliver us from the evil one. ² 

Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ¹ 

Then ¹  the devil ²  led him up ³  to a high place ⁴  and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

“Simon, ¹  Simon, pay attention! ²  Satan has demanded to have you all, ³  to sift you like wheat, ⁴