Matthew 4:6
And said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written: That he hath given his angels charge over thee, and in their hands shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple,
7Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Cross References
Job 5:23But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.
Psalms 34:20Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.
Matthew 4:4Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.
2 Corinthians 11:14And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light.
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 →