Matthew 4:8
Again the Devil takes Him to a very high mountain, and shows to Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,
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In Context
7Jesus said to him again, “It has been written: You will not tempt the LORD your God.”
9and says to Him, “All these I will give to You, if falling down You may worship me.”
Cross References
Esther 5:11and Haman recounts to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.
Daniel 4:30the king has answered and said, “Is this not that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of my honor?”
Matthew 16:26for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his life?
Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, having become great, refused to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh,
1 John 2:15Do not love the world, nor the things in the world; if anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
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 →