Matthew 4:6
and says to Him, “If You are the Son of God—cast Yourself down, for it has been written that, His messengers He will charge concerning you, and on hands they will bear you up, that you may not dash your foot on a stone.”
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In Context
5Then the Devil takes Him to the [holy] city, and sets Him on the pinnacle of the temple,
7Jesus said to him again, “It has been written: You will not tempt the LORD your God.”
Cross References
Job 5:23(For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, || And the beast of the field || Has been at peace with you.)
Psalms 34:20He is keeping all his bones, || Not one of them has been broken.
Matthew 4:4But He answering said, “It has been written: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word coming forth from the mouth of God.”
2 Corinthians 11:14and no wonder—for even Satan transforms himself into a messenger 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 →