Matthew 4:8
Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.
9and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.
Cross References
Esther 5:11And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Daniel 4:30the king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Matthew 16:26For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he had become great, refused to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter;
1 John 2:15Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;
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 →