After Jesus was baptized, He retreated into the wilderness, where He fasted for 40 days and 40 nights. This period of solitude and fasting was a time of preparation for His public ministry that was to follow. During this time, Jesus was in a state of physical weakness due to the extended fast, and it is at this point that Satan chose to approach Him, aiming to tempt Him away from His divine mission.

The first temptation involved Satan challenging Jesus to turn stones into bread. This temptation targeted Jesus' immediate physical need for food, questioning His trust in God's provision. Jesus responded by quoting Scripture, specifically Deuteronomy 8:3, saying, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
The second temptation took place on the pinnacle of the temple in Jerusalem. Satan enticed Jesus to throw Himself down, misusing Scripture (Psalms 91:11-12) to argue that God would command angels to protect Him. This was a challenge to Jesus to prove His divinity and God's protection in a spectacular manner. Jesus countered this by again quoting Deuteronomy (6:16), stating, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, emphasizing the importance of not testing God's faithfulness or power in presumptuous ways.
The final temptation occurred on a high mountain, where Satan showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, offering them to Jesus if He would bow down and worship Satan. This temptation was an appeal to power and glory, bypassing the path of suffering and sacrifice that Jesus was to undertake. Jesus rebuked Satan with a firm command, Get thee hence, Satan, and quoted Deuteronomy 6:13, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve, reaffirming His complete devotion and obedience to God alone.
After these three temptations, Satan left Jesus, and angels came to minister to Him, providing the care and sustenance He needed. This account, found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, highlights Jesus' fidelity to God's word and His rejection of the worldly temptations that sought to divert Him from His mission of redemption. It serves as an example of reliance on God and adherence to His word in the face of trials and temptations.