Jesus, however, doesn’t fall for the devil’s tricks, unlike Macbeth. The witches simply told Macbeth that he was going to become King, Thane of Cawdor, and Thane of Glamis, which he already was. This made Macbeth think that if it was going to happen anyway, why not just hurry fate along a little bit, just like the witches and presumably the devil wanted. The weird sisters conveniently left out that part saying that if Macbeth becomes King, then the whole country will perish, and Macbeth will eventually die. Since the supernatural was not an uncommon thing talked about when this play was taking place, Macbeth believed that these sisters were psychics or just future telling witches, along with Banquo. These witches are simply advocates of Satan
