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 Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing?

Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,

For this cause I also, when I couldn't stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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

Command

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"

Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.

and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who will give us flesh to eat?

Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

General references

The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."