Luke 4:5

So the devil brought him up to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

4But Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’”

6Then the devil said to him, “To yoʋ I will give all this authority and glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use this world as though they were not making full use of it. For the form of this world is passing away.

2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is bringing about for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all measure,

Ephesians 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

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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