Matthew 4:8
Then the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in all their glory.
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7Jesus answered, “As Scripture also says, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
9He said to Jesus, “I will give you all these if you fall down on your knees and worship me.”
Cross References
Esther 5:11Haman went into great detail about how much money and possessions he had, and how many children, and how the king had made him so important by promoting him above all the other nobles and officials.
Daniel 4:30He said, “I was the one who built this great city of Babylon! By my own great power I built it as my royal residence for my majestic glory!”
Matthew 16:26What benefit is it for you to gain the whole world, yet lose your life? What would you give in exchange for your life?
Hebrews 11:24Trusting in God, Moses, when he grew up, refused to be known as the adopted son of Pharaoh's daughter.
1 John 2:15Don't be in love with the world, and don't long for the things of this world. If you love the world, you won't have the Father's love in you.
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 →