Matthew 4:8
Again the Devil takes him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
7Jesus said to him: Again it is written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
9and says to him: All these things I will give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Cross References
Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Or what shall a man give as an exchange[16:26] for his soul?
Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when grown up, refused to be called son of a daughter of Pharaoh;
1 John 2:15Love not the world, neither the things in the world. If any one loves 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 →