Matthew 4:3

And the tempter came nigh (or And the Tester came near), and said to him, If thou be God’s Son [or If thou art the Son of God], say that these stones be made (into) loaves.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he hungered.

4Which answered, and said to him, It is written, Not only in bread liveth man, but in each word that cometh forth of God’s mouth. [The which answering said to him, It is written, A man liveth not in bread alone, but in every word that cometh forth from the mouth of God.]

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Cross References

Genesis 3:1But the serpent was feller than all living beasts of [the] earth, which the Lord God had made. The which serpent said to the woman, Why commanded God to you, that ye should not eat of each tree of paradise? (And the serpent was more cunning than all the living beasts of the earth. And the serpent said to the woman, Why hath God commanded you to not eat from any tree in the garden?)

Exodus 16:3And the sons of Israel said to them, We would that we had been dead by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat on the flesh pots, and ate loaves in plenty; why led ye us into this desert, that ye should slay all the multitude with hunger? (And the Israelites said to them, We wish that we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and had plenty of loaves to eat; why did ye lead us into this wilderness, so that ye could kill all the multitude with hunger?)

Job 1:9To whom Satan answered, Whether Job dreadeth God vainly? (To whom Satan answered, Hast not Job good reason to fear God? or to revere God?)

Psalms 78:17And they putted yet to do sin against him; they excited the high God into ire, in a place without water. (And still they sinned against him; they incited the Most High God to anger, in a place without water.)

Matthew 14:33And they, that were in the boat, came, and worshipped him, and said, Verily, thou art God’s Son (or Truly, thou art the Son of God).

Luke 4:9And he led him into Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If thou art God’s Son, send thyself from hence down;

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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