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Temptation
The hour of testing — every tradition names a tempter and warns the soul to be ready before the seductive voice is heard.
Judaism
"Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made..."
"Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:"
Christianity
"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil..."
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man..."
Islam
"From the evil of the retreating whisperer"
Buddhism
"Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good..."
Discussion
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- Which verse landed hardest for you?
- What's a counter-text — a verse that complicates this theme?
- How does this theme show up in a tradition not represented here?
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