Luke 4:6

Then 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.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

In Context

5So the devil brought him up to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

7If yoʋ, then, will worship me, it will all be yoʋrs.”

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Cross References

John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

2 Corinthians 11:14And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all the glory of man is like a flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls,

Revelation 12:9The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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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