Luke 4:5

And the devil led him into a high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time;

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

In Context

4And Jesus answered him: It is written, that Man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word of God.

6And he said to him: To thee will I give all this power, and the glory of them; for to me they are delivered, and to whom I will, I give them.

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Cross References

Psalms 73:19How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.

Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations, and then shall the consummation come.

1 Corinthians 7:31And they that use this world, as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

2 Corinthians 4:17For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation, worketh for us above measure exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.

Ephesians 6:12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.

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 →

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