Luke 4:5

Then the devil, leading Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 him, saying, “ It is written, ‘ Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ”

6And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; because it has been given to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. 1 The Great Tribulation

1 Corinthians 7:31and those using this world as not using it up. For the form of this world is passing away.

2 Corinthians 4:17For our momentary light affliction is working out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

Ephesians 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies.

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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