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The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor

The Wilderness Exam

Luke 4:1-13

1st Sunday of Lent - Year C

February 21, 2010

The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor (TEC)

Only two of the four gospels give the long version of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness.  John leaves it out altogether and Mark's gospel covers the whole thing in two sentences: the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness, he was there forty days, Satan tempted him, wild beasts kept him company, and angels waited on him.  That's it; that's all Mark knew--or that's all he thought we needed to know--about what happened between Jesus and Satan in the wilderness.

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