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

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

“Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.

“Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.

For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.

Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan,

the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

Command

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”

Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field exhausted.

The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger!”

Contemptible people among them had a strong craving for other food. The Israelites cried again and said, “Who will feed us meat?

But they continued to sin against Him,
rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

And make sure that there isn’t any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal.

General references

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