Luke 4:9

The devil next led him into Jerusalem, and, placing him on the parapet of the Temple, said, “If you are God’s Son throw yourself down from here,

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And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

In Context

8And Jesus answered him, “Scripture says – ‘You should worship the Lord your God, and worship him only.’”

10for scripture says – ‘He will give his angels commands about you, to guard you safely,’

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Cross References

Matthew 4:5Then the devil took him to the Holy City, and, placing him on the parapet of the temple, said to him,

Luke 4:3So the devil said to him, “If you are God’s Son, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”

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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