Matthew 4:8
Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
9and saith to him, 'All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'
Cross References
Esther 5:11and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.
Daniel 4:30the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?
Matthew 16:26for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
Hebrews 11:24by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh,
1 John 2:15Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, 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 →