Matthew 4:3

And approaching Him, the tempter said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones may become bread.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

In Context

2And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

4But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘ Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ ”

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Cross References

Matthew 14:33Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”

Luke 4:9Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.

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 →

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