Matthew 4:9
And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
Psalms 113:7He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;
Jeremiah 27:5I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.
Daniel 4:32And they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.
Daniel 5:26This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been numbered by God and ended.
John 12:31Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.
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 →