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, and said unto the LORD, "Doth Job fear God for naught?

Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin? Yea, a man will give all that ever he hath, for his life.

And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired you, to sift you, as it were wheat:

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent that I might have knowledge of your faith, lest haply the tempter had tempted you, and that our labour had been bestowed in vain.

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

And the great dragon, that old serpent called the devil and Satan; Was cast out. Which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out also.

Command

But the serpent was subtler than all the beasts of the field which the LORD God had made; and said unto the woman, "Ah sir, that God hath said, ye shall not eat of all manner trees in the garden."

Jacob sod pottage, and Esau came from the field and was fainty,

and said unto them, "Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and ate bread our bellies' full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole multitude for hunger."

And the rascal people that was among them fell a lusting. And the children of Israel also went to, and wept, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Yet for all this they sinned more against him, and provoked the most highest in the wilderness.

and that there be no fornicator, or unclean person, as Esau, which for one breakfast sold his birthright.

General references

And the devil said unto him, "If thou be the son of God, command this stone that it be bread."