Luke 4:6
The 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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5Then the devil led Jesus up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant of time.
7So then, if you will bow down and worship me, it will be yours.”
Cross References
Esther 5:11Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his many sons, all the promotions by which the king honored him, and how he had advanced above all the officials and the servants of the king.
Isaiah 23:9Yahweh of hosts has planned it to dishonor her pride 1 and all her glory, to shame all her honored ones of the earth. 1
John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world: Now will the ruler of this world be thrown out.
2 Corinthians 11:14And this is no surprise, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
1 Peter 1:24For, 1 “All flesh is like grass, 1 and all its glory is like the wild flower of the grass. 1 The grass dries up, and the flower falls off, 1
Revelation 12:9The great dragon—that old serpent called the devil or Satan, who deceives the whole world—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 →