Matthew 4:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.””
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“The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God--speak that these stones may become loaves.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 4:3 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
- Genesis 25:29One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
- Exodus 16:3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
- Numbers 11:4Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
- Job 1:9Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
- Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
- Psalms 78:17But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
- Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Matthew 14:33Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
- Luke 4:3The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
- Luke 4:9Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
- Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
- Acts 9:20Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.
- Hebrews 12:16See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
- Revelation 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
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