This Sunday the gospel reading speaks of a mysterious event, just after Jesus' baptism, in which he was tempted by the devil in the wilderness. How could Jesus — the All-Holy Son of God — be tempted?

In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus undergoes three temptations; these are the same temptations Matthew reports. While Satan’s words to Jesus are meaningful, what makes most sense of the story are the three ...

The Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent every year is always the Temptation of Jesus, taken in turn from Matthew (this year), Mark and Luke. All three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) ...

In both Luke’s and Matthew’s Gospels, Jesus begins his public life with a retreat into the desert. In the Judaic tradition, the desert is the place where one encounters God. Jesus goes into the desert ...

"The Temptation of Christ by the Devil," (possibly 1129–34). (The Met) The account of Jesus’ temptation appears with slight variations in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. These accounts expand upon Mk ...

After his baptism, Jesus went to the desert to think about and prepare for his ministry. He spent forty days and forty nights in the desert where he was tempted on three occasions by the Devil. “If ...