Luke 4:5

And the devil led Jesus up, and showing him in a single moment all the kingdoms of the earth, said to him,

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And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

In Context

4And Jesus answered him, “Scripture says – ‘It is not on bread alone that a person is to live.’”

6“I will give you all this power, and the splendor of them; for it has been given into my hands and I give it to whom I wish.

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Cross References

Psalms 73:19One moment and then what a horror of ruin! They are finished and ended in terrors.

Matthew 24:14This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.

1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use the good things of the world as using them sparingly; for this world as we see it is passing away.

2 Corinthians 4:17The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us a weight of imperishable glory, beyond all measure.

Ephesians 6:12For ours is no struggle against enemies of flesh and blood, but against all the various powers of evil that hold sway in the darkness around us, against the spirits of wickedness on high.

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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