Matthew 4:1-11: "1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread,' 4 But he answered, 'It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."' 5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6 and said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, "He will command his angels concerning you," and "On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone."' 7 Jesus said to him, 'Again it is written, "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test."' 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to him, 'All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.' 10 Then Jesus said to him, 'Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve."' 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him."
Hebrews 2:18: "For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted."
Hebrews 4:15: "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin."
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Hebrews 2:18 and 4:15 both seem to be present in the first two lines of the first verse (repeated as the first two lines of the fifth verse): "O Christ, You walked the road / Our wand'ring feet must go." The "road" seems to symbolize the experience of temptation. Of course, the cited verses from Matthew detail the temptation of Jesus, but they are referenced more specifically in the second verse: "No bread of earth alone / Can fill our hung'ring hearts. / Lord, help us seek Your living Word" comes from a section of Matthew 4:4: "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
The line "Lord, help us seek Your kingdom first" in the fourth verse comes from Matthew 6:33: "'But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.'"
