Matthew 4:1

American Standard Version (1901)

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

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  • Heb 2:18 : 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.
  • Mark 1:12-15 : 12 And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; And he was with the wild beasts; And the angels ministered unto him. 14 Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, 15 and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.
  • Luke 4:1-9 : 1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness 2 during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, if thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread. 4 And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone. 5 And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, To thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them: for it hath been delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship before me, it shall all be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee: 11 and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a season.
  • Ezek 43:5 : 5 And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
  • Heb 4:15-16 : 15 For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. 16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help [us] in time of need.
  • John 14:30 : 30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;
  • Ezek 3:14 : 14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.
  • Ezek 40:2 : 2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.
  • 2 Kgs 2:16 : 16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
  • Ezek 3:12 : 12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, [saying], Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 4:1-10
    10 verses
    89%

    1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness

    2 during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.

    3 And the devil said unto him, if thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread.

    4 And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.

    5 And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

    6 And the devil said unto him, To thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them: for it hath been delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

    7 If thou therefore wilt worship before me, it shall all be thine.

    8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

    9 And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

    10 for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee:

  • Mark 1:9-14
    6 verses
    84%

    9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan.

    10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:

    11 And a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

    12 And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness.

    13 And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; And he was with the wild beasts; And the angels ministered unto him.

    14 Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,

  • Matt 4:2-12
    11 verses
    81%

    2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

    3 And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become 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 into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

    6 and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

    7 Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

    8 Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

    9 and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

    10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

    11 Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

    12 Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;

  • Luke 4:12-14
    3 verses
    80%

    12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

    13 And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a season.

    14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about.

  • 16 And Jesus when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;

  • 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

  • 1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,

  • 40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

  • Jas 1:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:

    14 but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

  • 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

  • 7 Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  • 1 but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.

  • 39 And he went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.

  • 17 From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  • 18 And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon went out of him: and the boy was cured from that hour.

  • 35 And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

  • 1 But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

  • 38 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

  • 3 he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.

  • 25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea.

  • 2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them;

  • 42 And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.

  • 29 For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For oftentimes it had seized him: and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters; and breaking the bands asunder, he was driven of the demon into the deserts.