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The Small Gods’ offer that “All this can be yours, if you just worship me…” parallels the Temptation of Christ in the desert, during his forty days’ fast before starting his preaching.

The offer of food is similar, but more closely related to St Peter’s vision in Acts 10:11, in which a blanket is lowered from heaven, containing all sorts of ritually unclean food, notably Pork (the Roast Pig which is proffered by the Small Gods).

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