Matthew 4:6
And he says to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He will command his agents about thee, and, They will take thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then the devil takes him into the holy city, and stands him on the pinnacle of the temple.
7Jesus said to him, Again it is written, Thou shall not challenge Lord thy God.
Cross References
Job 5:23For thou shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Psalms 34:20He keeps all his bones. Not one of them is broken.
Matthew 4:4But having answered, he said, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God.
2 Corinthians 11:14And no marvel, for even Satan disguises himself into an agent of light.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12
The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →