Matthew 4:16

¹⁶the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”m

Matthew 4 opens with Jesus being led into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, a direct confrontation that echoes Israel's testing in the desert. After forty days of fasting, Jesus resists each temptation by quoting Scripture, demonstrating his faithfulness where Israel failed