Matthew 4:8
Again the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
9and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall prostrate and worship me.
Cross References
Matthew 16:26For what would a man be advantaged, though he could gain the whole world, if he should suffer the loss of his soul? or what will a man give as the ransom for his soul?
Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he became a grown man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;
1 John 2:15Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12
The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →