Luke 4:5
And the Devil, leading him up into a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
4And Jesus answered him, saying: It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone.
Cross References
Matthew 24:14And this good news of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end.
1 Corinthians 7:31and they that use this world, as not abusing it; for the fashion of this world is passing away.
2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works out for us a far more exceeding, an eternal weight of glory;
Ephesians 6:12For to us, the contest is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly places[6:12].
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 →