Luke 4:3

The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

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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

2where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. He didn't eat anything during that whole time, so at the end he was starving.

4“It is written in Scripture, ‘You shall not live on bread alone,’” Jesus answered.

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Cross References

Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended upon him, taking the form of a dove. A voice came from heaven, saying, “You are my son, the one I love. I am truly 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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