Luke 4:5

Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

Berean Standard Bible

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

4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

6“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

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Cross References

Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.

Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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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