Matthew 4:6
and saith to him, 'If Son thou art of God — cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then doth the Devil take him to the [holy] city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
7Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
Cross References
Job 5:23(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
Psalms 34:20He is keeping all his bones, One of them hath not been broken.
Matthew 4:4But he answering said, 'It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
2 Corinthians 11:14and no wonder — for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger 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 →