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I'm Taylor. And I'm Tyler.

This is Scripture Central's Come Follow Me Insights. This week, Matthew 4 and Luke 4 and Luke 5.

So for episode number one, we're going to cover Matthew chapter 4.

And then we'll do Luke 4 and 5 in part 2 this week.

So as we jump into Matthew chapter 4, let's situate this in the flow of events in the life of the Savior.

In chapter 3, he just finished being baptized. Now, before he's going to go north into

the Galilee again and begin his ministry officially, it's beautiful

to me that he goes out into that Judean wilderness for 40 days, a long period of time, and

we pick that up in verse one. It says, then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Now, at first pass, when you read the King James version here, the first thought that might come

to mind is, wait a minute, the Holy Ghost led him into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

In the Lord's prayer, he says, lead us not into temptation. We pray for the Spirit, specifically

so we don't get taken into temptation, and yet he himself is led by the Spirit to be tempted

of the devil. This is where the Joseph Smith translation footnotes come in really, really handy,

because there are a couple of them in, or quite a few of them here in this chapter, that

quite frankly make a lot more sense. So if you look at the footnote 4-1B, it says,

to be with God. And then afterwards, he was tempted of the devil.

Now, you could look at this two ways. If all you had was the King James Version, you could actually

make the, or draw the conclusion that before Jesus begins his ministry,

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