Luke 4:3

Then Satan said to him, “You are God's Son, aren't you? Then change this stone into damper.”

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In The King James Version

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

In Context

2And Satan came to Jesus and tempted him. For forty days he kept on and on tempting Jesus while he was there by himself. After that Jesus was very hungry because he hadn't eaten any food in the desert.

4Jesus answered, “In God's book these words are written, ‘Just food won't keep people alive.’”

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Cross References

Luke 3:22and sent his Holy Spirit to him. The Holy Spirit came down from above like a dove and rested on him. Then a voice spoke from heaven, saying, “You are my Son, the one I love, and I am pleased with you.”

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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