Luke 4:5

And the devil led him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in an instant of time, and the devil said to him.

Montgomery New Testament

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

4And Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written that not by bread alone shall man live."

6"To you will I give all this authority and this glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:14"And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole inhabited earth, for a testimony to the Gentiles, and then will come the end.

1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.

2 Corinthians 4:17For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

Ephesians 6:12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the despotisms, the empires, the rulers of this present darkness, the spirit-hosts of evil in the heavenly realm.

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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