Luke 4:3

And the devil said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.

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In The King James Version

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

In Context

2being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were ended, afterward he was hungry.

4And Jesus answered, saying to him, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every saying of God.

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Cross References

Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit to descend in a bodily form as a dove upon him, and a voice to occur out of heaven, saying, Thou are my beloved Son. In thee I am well pleased.

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:2-14

The Temptation in the Wilderness. 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up… Read the whole commentary →

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