And in those days He did eat nothing: and when they
were ended, He afterward hungered. 3. And the devil
said unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, command this
stone that it be made bread, 4. And Jesus answered him,
saying, It is written, That man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word of God. 5. And the
devil, taking Him up into an high mountain, showed
unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of
time. 6. And the devil said unto Him, All this power
will I give Thee, and the glory of them: for that is
delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7. If Thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be
Thine. 8. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get
thee behind Me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou
serve. 9. And he brought Him to Jerusalem and set Him
on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto Him, If
Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down from hence:
10. For it is written, He shall give His angels charge
over Thee, to keep Thee; 11. And in their hands they
shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash Thy
foot against a stone. 12. And Jesus answering, said
unto Him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord
Thy God. 13. And when the devil had ended all the
temptation, he departed from Him for a season.'
--LUKE iv. 1-13.

If we adopt the Revised Version's reading and rendering, the whole
of the forty days in the desert were one long assault of Jesus by
Satan, during which the consciousness of bodily needs was suspended