Matthew 4:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”
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“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 4:1 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- 1 Kings 18:12I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
- 2 Kings 2:16“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
- Ezekiel 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: ‘Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!’
- Ezekiel 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
- Ezekiel 8:3He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
- Ezekiel 11:1Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
- Ezekiel 11:24And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
- Ezekiel 40:2In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
- Ezekiel 43:5Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
- Mark 1:12At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,
- Luke 4:1Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
- John 14:30I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
- Acts 8:39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
- Romans 8:14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
- Hebrews 2:18Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
- Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
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