Hi, friends. I am Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament and the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, and the miracles.

Each month, here on Let's Read the Gospels, we get to read all four books.

So go ahead, subscribe today, join us as we read through the Gospels together.

Read about three chapters a day. It takes about 20 minutes. So here's all this award today. I'm going to read those three chapters to you.

You can listen or read along in your own Bible, and then I'll write, and that's it.

So today is July 9th, day 9, and I'll be reading Matthew, chapters 4 through 6.

And this month, I'm reading from the CSB.

Matthew 4, then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

After he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry.

Then the Timter approached him and said,

If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.

He answered,

It is written, man must not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on a pinnacle of the temple and said to him,

If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written,

He will give his angels orders concerning you, and they will support you with their hands

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Jesus told him,

It is also written,

Do not test the Lord your God.

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

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