Luke 4:5

Then the devil led Jesus up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant of time.

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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

4Jesus answered him, “It is written, 'Man does not live on bread alone.'”

6The devil said to him, “I will give to you all this authority and all their splendor, for they have been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.

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Cross References

Psalms 73:19How they become a wilderness in a moment! 1 They come to an end and are finished in awful terrors. 1

Matthew 24:14This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations. Then the end will come.

1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use the world should not act as though they are using it to the full. For the world in its present form is coming to an end.

2 Corinthians 4:17For this momentary, light affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory that exceeds all measurement.

Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers over this present darkness, 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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