KJV 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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
WEB World English Bible
The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
ASV American Standard Version
And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the Tempter having come to him said, ‘If Son thou art of God—speak that these stones may become loaves.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 4
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandπροσελθὼνG4334 · proserchomaito come near/agreeὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoπειράζωνG3985 · peirazōto test/tempt: temptεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayαὐτῷ·G846 · autosit/s/heεἰG1487 · eiifυἱὸςG5207 · uhiossonεἶG1510 · eimito beτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦ,G2316 · theosGodεἰπὲG2036 · eiponto sayἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoλίθοιG3037 · lithosstoneοὗτοιG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἄρτοιG740 · artosbreadγένωνται.¶G1096 · ginomaito be
Cross-references
Genesis 3:1-5Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.Numbers 11:4-6And the mixt multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?Luke 22:31-32And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:Revelation 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.Psalm 78:17-20And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.Job 2:4-7And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.Genesis 25:29-34And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:Matthew 3:17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.Job 1:9-12Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?Revelation 12:9-11And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.Exodus 16:3And the children of Israel 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] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.Hebrews 12:16Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.Luke 4:3And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.Matthew 14:33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.Acts 9:20And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.Luke 4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
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