8 Did not the black magicians do great things before the Pharaohs?
9 My words and deeds in all the walks of life shall be the proof of my messiahship.
10 And then the tempter said, If you will go into Jerusalem, and from the temple pinnacle cast down yourself to earth, the people will believe that you are the Messiah sent from God.
11 This you can surely do; for did not David say, He gives his angels charge concerning you, and with their hands will they uphold lest you should fall?
12 And Jesus said, I may not tempt the Lord, my God.
13 And then the tempter said, Look forth upon the world; behold its honors and its fame! Behold its pleasures and its wealth!
14 If you will give your life for these they shall be yours.
15 But Jesus said, Away from me all tempting thoughts. My heart is fixed; I spurn this carnal self with all its vain ambition and its pride.
16 For forty days did Jesus wrestle with his carnal self; his higher self prevailed. He then was hungry, but his friends had found him and they ministered to him.
17 Then Jesus left the wilderness, and in the consciousness of Holy Breath, he came unto the camps of John and taught.