Matthew 4:8
Again the devil taketh Him to a very high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
7but Jesus said unto him, it is also written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
9and saith unto Him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me:
Cross References
Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give as a ransom for his soul?
Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
1 John 2:15Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world; for if any one love the world to excess, the love of the Father is not 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 →