Luke 4:6
And the devil said to him, I will give to thee all this authority, and the glory of them, because it has been delivered to me, and to whomever I want I give it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7If therefore thou will worship before me, it will all be thine.
Cross References
Esther 5:11And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his sons, and all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the rulers and servants of the king.
Isaiah 23:9LORD of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
2 Corinthians 11:14And no marvel, for even Satan disguises himself into an agent of light.
1 Peter 1:24Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away,
Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, he who leads the whole world astray. He was cast out to the earth, and his agents were cast out with him.
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 →