King James Bible
"And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."
Satan challenges Jesus to prove his divine identity through a spectacular display from the temple's pinnacle. This second temptation in the wilderness tests whether Jesus will use his power for self-glorification rather than following the Father's will. The tempter quotes Psalm 91:11, demonstrating that even Scripture can be weaponized when taken out of context. Satan's tactical shift to using God's own word reveals the subtlety of spiritual deception. Continuing from Psalm 91:12, Satan omits the phrase 'to keep thee in all thy ways,' twisting a promise of protection during obedient service into justification for presumptuous testing of God. This manipulation shows how partial truth can serve deceptive purposes.