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Luke 4:3

Jesus
TemptationSpiritual warfare

1 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

2 where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

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

4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

5 Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

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BSB
The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
KJV
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
WEB
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
ASV
And the devil said unto him, if thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread.
DARBY
And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.
BLB
And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, speak to this stone, that it might become bread.”
ÅB
Da sa djevelen til ham: Er du Guds Sønn, da si til denne stein at den skal bli til brød!
OTB
Djevelen utfordret ham: «Hvis du er Guds Sønn, si til denne steinen at den skal bli til brød.»
B1930
Da sa djevelen til ham: Er du Guds Sønn, da si til denne sten at den skal bli til brød!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 4:3

    The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

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  • Luke 3:22

    and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

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