Matthew 4:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The tempter came and said to him,“If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”

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  • 1 Thess 3:5 : 5 So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.
  • Gen 3:1-5 : 1 The Temptation and the Fall Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman,“Is it really true that God said,‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent,“We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard; 3 but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said,‘You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.’” 4 The serpent said to the woman,“Surely you will not die, 5 for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
  • Luke 22:31-32 : 31 “Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
  • Num 11:4-6 : 4 Complaints about Food Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said,“If only we had meat to eat! 5 We remember the fish we used to eat freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. 6 But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!”
  • Job 1:9-9 : 9 Then Satan answered the LORD,“Is it for nothing that Job fears God? 10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land. 11 But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!” 12 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
  • Job 2:4-7 : 4 But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life! 5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!” 6 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.” 7 Job’s Integrity in Suffering So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
  • Ps 78:17-20 : 17 Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the Most High in the desert. 18 They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite. 19 They insulted God, saying,“Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness? 20 Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 And a voice from heaven said,“This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.”
  • Matt 14:33 : 33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying,“Truly you are the Son of God.”
  • Luke 4:3 : 3 The devil said to him,“If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
  • Luke 4:9 : 9 Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, and said to him,“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,
  • Acts 9:20 : 20 and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying,“This man is the Son of God.”
  • Gen 25:29-34 : 29 Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished. 30 So Esau said to Jacob,“Feed me some of the red stuff– yes, this red stuff– because I’m starving!”(That is why he was also called Edom.) 31 But Jacob replied,“First sell me your birthright.” 32 “Look,” said Esau,“I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?” 33 But Jacob said,“Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew; Esau ate and drank, then got up and went out. So Esau despised his birthright.
  • Exod 16:3 : 3 The Israelites said to them,“If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger!”
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
  • Rev 12:9-9 : 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,“The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down. 11 But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.
  • Heb 12:16 : 16 And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

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  • Luke 4:1-10
    10 verses
    95%

    1The Temptation of Jesus Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

    2where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.

    3The devil said to him,“If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

    4Jesus answered him,“It is written,‘Man does not live by bread alone.’”

    5Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

    6And he said to him,“To you I will grant this whole realm– and the glory that goes along with it, for it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

    7So then, if you will worship me, all this will be yours.”

    8Jesus answered him,“It is written,‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

    9Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, and said to him,“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

    10for it is written,‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’

  • Matt 4:4-11
    8 verses
    86%

    4But he answered,“It is written,‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

    5Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,

    6and said to him,“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written,‘He will command his angels concerning you’ and‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

    7Jesus said to him,“Once again it is written:‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”

    8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur.

    9And he said to him,“I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”

    10Then Jesus said to him,“Go away, Satan! For it is written:‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

    11Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.

  • Matt 4:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1The Temptation of Jesus Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

    2After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.

  • Luke 4:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

    12Jesus answered him,“It is said,‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”

    13So when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time.

  • Mark 1:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11And a voice came from heaven:“You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight.”

    12The Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness.

    13He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.

  • Luke 22:40
    69%

    40When he came to the place, he said to them,“Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”

  • Luke 6:3
    69%

    3Jesus answered them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–

  • Matt 7:9
    69%

    9Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

  • Matt 27:40
    69%

    40and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”

  • Matt 16:23
    69%

    23But he turned and said to Peter,“Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”

  • Deut 8:3
    69%

    3So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the LORD’s mouth.

  • Luke 22:31
    68%

    31“Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,

  • Jas 1:13-14
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    68%

    13Let no one say when he is tempted,“I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

    14But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

  • Matt 3:17
    68%

    17And a voice from heaven said,“This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.”

  • Ps 78:18
    68%

    18They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

  • Mark 8:33
    68%

    33But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said,“Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”

  • Matt 12:3
    68%

    3He said to them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–

  • Gen 22:1
    67%

    1The Sacrifice of Isaac Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!”“Here I am!” Abraham replied.

  • Mark 8:4
    67%

    4His disciples answered him,“Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”

  • John 6:31-33
    3 verses
    67%

    31Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written,‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

    32Then Jesus told them,“I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

    33For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

  • Luke 11:11
    67%

    11What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

  • Luke 11:3
    66%

    3Give us each day our daily bread,

  • Matt 26:41
    66%

    41Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

  • Deut 6:16
    66%

    16Exhortation to Obey the Lord Exclusively You must not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah.

  • John 4:31
    66%

    31Workers for the Harvest Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,“Rabbi, eat something.”

  • Matt 14:28
    66%

    28Peter said to him,“Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water.”

  • Gen 3:1
    66%

    1The Temptation and the Fall Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman,“Is it really true that God said,‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?”