²² The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

¹⁰ And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,

⁹ And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be in the place which is theirs and never again be moved; and never again will they be made waste by evil men, as they were at first,

¹ Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

² And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

³ And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

⁴ But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

⁵ Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

⁶ If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

⁷ Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

⁸ Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

⁹ And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

¹⁰ Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

¹² While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

³ Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,