Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread."
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Holman Bible
Then the tempter approached Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
International Standard Version
Then the tempter came. "Since you are the Son of God," he said, "tell these stones to become loaves of bread."
A Conservative Version
And after he who tempts came, he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak so that these stones may become bread.
American Standard Version
And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.
Amplified
And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
An Understandable Version
The tempter [i.e., the devil] came and said to Him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into bread."
Anderson New Testament
And the tempter came to him and said: If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.
Bible in Basic English
And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.
Common New Testament
And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread."
Daniel Mace New Testament
whereupon the tempter came to him, and said, "If thou be the Son of God, command these stones to become bread."
Darby Translation
And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.
Godbey New Testament
And the tempter having come to Him, said; If thou art the Son of God, speak in order that these stones may become bread.
Goodspeed New Testament
And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"
John Wesley New Testament
And the tempter coming to him said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Julia Smith Translation
And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread.
King James 2000
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the tempter approached [and] said to him, "If you are the Son of God, order that these stones become bread."
Modern King James verseion
And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If You are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then came to him the tempter, and said, "If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread."
Moffatt New Testament
So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."
Montgomery New Testament
So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."
New Heart English Bible
And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
Noyes New Testament
And the tempter came and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.
Sawyer New Testament
And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.
The Emphasized Bible
And, coming near, the tempter said to him, - If thou art God's, Son, speak! that, these stones, may become, loaves.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And the tempter coming to him said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made loaves.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And the Tempter came to him, and said: "If you are God's Son, tell these stones to become loaves of bread."
Webster
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou art the son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Weymouth New Testament
So the Tempter came and said, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into loaves."
Williams New Testament
And the tempter came up and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, order these stones to turn to bread."
World English Bible
The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
Worrell New Testament
And the Tempter, having come near, said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread."
Worsley New Testament
And the tempter came to Him and said, If thou art the Son of God, command these stones to become bread:
Youngs Literal Translation
And the Tempter having come to him said, 'If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.'
Themes
Adversary » Power of » Tempting Christ
Christ, character of » Resisting temptation
Divinity » Challenged » By satan
satanic If's » At the temptation » If thou be the son of God, turn stones into bread
Satan » Tempts men vanquished by men » Tempts men
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Tempting Christ
Satan » The prince » The tempter
Satanic » At the temptation » If thou be the son of God, turn stones into bread
Satan's » Work » Tempting Christ
Serpent » Power of » Tempting Christ
Temptation » Satan the chief agent in
Temptation » Often arises through » Poverty
Temptation » To distrust of God's providence
Tempter » Power of » Tempting Christ
Topics
Interlinear
Peirazo
Houtos
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 4:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Temptation Of Jesus
2 After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished. 3 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread." 4 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
Names
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 3:5
So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.
Matthew 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, "This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight."
Genesis 3:1-5
Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Is it really true that God said, 'You must not eat from any tree of the orchard'?"
Genesis 25:29-34
Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.
Exodus 16:3
The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord 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 desert to kill this whole assembly with hunger!"
Numbers 11:4-6
Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, "If only we had meat to eat!
Job 1:9-12
Then Satan answered the Lord, "Is it for nothing that Job fears God?
Job 2:4-7
But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
Psalm 78:17-20
Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.
Matthew 14:33
Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."
Luke 4:3
The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."
Luke 4:9
Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,
Luke 22:31-32
"Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,
Acts 9:20
and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "This man is the Son of God."
Hebrews 12:16
And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
Revelation 12:9-11
So that huge dragon -- the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world -- was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.