NgokukaMathewu 4:1-17

Khona uJesu waholelwa nguMoya ehlane ukuba alingwe nguSathane. Esezilile ukudla izinsuku ezingamashumi amane nobusuku obungamashumi amane, wagcina walamba. Kwafika umlingi, wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yisho ukuba lawa matshe abe yizinkwa.” Kepha waphendula wathi: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Akusinkwa sodwa umuntu ayakuphila ngaso kodwa ngamazwi onke aphuma emlonyeni kaNkulunkulu.’ ” Khona uSathane wamthatha, wamyisa emzini ongcwele, wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli, wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ziphonse phansi; ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “ ‘Uyakuyaleza izingelosi zakhe ngawe, zikuthwale ngezandla, ungaze waqhuzuka etsheni ngonyawo lwakho.’ ” UJesu wathi kuye: “Kulotshiwe futhi ukuthi: ‘Ungayilingi iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.’ ” USathane wabuye wamyisa entabeni ende kakhulu, wamkhombisa imibuso yonke yezwe nenkazimulo yayo; wathi kuye: “Konke lokhu ngizakukunika khona, uma uziwisa phansi, ukhuleke kimi.” Khona uJesu wathi kuye: “Suka, Sathane, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Wokhuleka eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, umkhonze yena yedwa.’ ” USathane wayesemshiya; bheka, kwafika izingelosi, zamkhonza. Kuthe esezwile ukuthi uJohane uboshiwe, wamuka waya eGalile. Wasuka eNazaretha, weza wahlala eKapernawume elingaselwandle emikhawulweni yakwaZabuloni neyakwaNafetali ukuba kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngo-Isaya umprofethi ukuthi: “Izwe lakwaZabuloni nezwe lakwaNafetali ngaselwandle ngaphesheya kweJordani, iGalile labezizwe, isizwe esasihlezi ebumnyameni sibonile ukukhanya okukhulu, nababehlezi ezweni nasethunzini lokufa kuphumele kubo ukukhanya.” Kusukela kuleso sikhathi uJesu waqala ukushumayela nokusho ukuthi: “Phendukani, ngokuba umbuso wezulu ususondele.”