Matthew 4:3

So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

In Context

2And after he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he became hungry,

4Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."

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Cross References

Matthew 14:33and the men in the boat fell upon their knees before him, saying, "You are, indeed, the Son of God."

Luke 4:9Then he brought him to Jerusalem, and caused him to stand upon the Temple roof, and said to him. "If you really are the Son of God throw yourself down here;

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 →

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