Luke 4:6

“I will give you all this power, and the splendour of them; for it has been given into my hands and I give it to whom I wish.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

In Context

5And the Devil led Jesus up, and showing him in a single moment all the kingdoms of the earth, said to him:

7If you, therefore, will do homage before me, it shall all be yours.”

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Cross References

John 12:31Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world shall be driven out;

2 Corinthians 11:14And no wonder; for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of Light.

1 Peter 1:24For — ‘All earthly life is but as grass, and all its splendour as the flower of grass. The grass fades, its flower falls,

Revelation 12:9Then the great Dragon, the primeval Serpent, known as the ‘Devil’ and ‘Satan,’ who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled 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 →

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