Matthew 4:6

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

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In The King James Version

And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

In Context

5Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

7Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

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Cross References

Job 5:23For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

Psalms 34:20\34:19\Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

Matthew 4:4But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

2 Corinthians 11:14And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel 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 →

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