Matthew 4:3

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Summary

Matthew 4:3

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

The tempter

Command

General references

Luke 4:3

Bible References

The tempter

Then Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;

For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Command

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”

When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he was famished;

The sons of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

General references

And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”