Matthew 4:8
The third time, the Devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and, showing him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour, said to him:
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7“Scripture also says,” answered Jesus, “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.’”
9“All these I will give you, if you will fall at my feet and do homage to me.”
Cross References
Matthew 16:26What good will it do a man to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? or what will a man give that is of equal value with his life?
Hebrews 11:24It was faith that caused Moses, when he was grown up, to refuse the title of ‘Son of a Daughter of Pharaoh.’
1 John 2:15Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father 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 →