Matthew 4:6
“If you really are the son of God, then throw yourself off,” he told Jesus. “As Scripture says, ‘He will order his angels to save you from harm. They will catch you so that you won't fall by tripping over a stone.’”
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5Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the top of the Temple.
7Jesus answered, “As Scripture also says, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
Cross References
Job 5:23for you will be at peace with the stones of the field and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
Psalms 34:20He keeps them safe—not a single one of their bones will be broken.
Matthew 4:4Jesus answered, “As Scripture says, ‘Human beings do not live by only eating bread, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
2 Corinthians 11:14Don't be surprised at this for even Satan himself pretends to be an angel of light.
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 →