Matthew 4:6

and said to him. "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels charge over thee; Upon their hands they will bear thee up, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

In Context

5Then the devil took him up into the Holy City and stood him on the parapet of the temple,

7"It is written again," answered Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

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Cross References

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

2 Corinthians 11:14No wonder! for Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light.

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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