Matthew 4:1

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Heb 2:18 : 18 For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
  • Mark 1:12-15 : 12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. 13 He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him. 14 Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God, 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News."
  • Luke 4:1-9 : 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." 4 Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'" 5 The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want. 7 If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours." 8 Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'" 9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here, 10 for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;' 11 and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'" 12 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" 13 When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.
  • Ezek 43:5 : 5 The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
  • Heb 4:15-16 : 15 For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
  • John 14:30 : 30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has 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 Yahweh was strong on me.
  • Ezek 40:2 : 2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.
  • 2 Kgs 2:16 : 16 They said to him, "See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and put him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, "You shall not send them."
  • 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 Yahweh from his place.

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  • Luke 4:1-10
    10 verses
    89%

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

    2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

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

    4 Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"

    5 The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

    6 The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

    7 If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."

    8 Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"

    9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

    10 for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;'

  • Mark 1:9-14
    6 verses
    84%

    9 It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

    10 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

    11 A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

    12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

    13 He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

    14 Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God,

  • Matt 4:2-12
    11 verses
    81%

    2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

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

    4 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"

    5 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

    6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

    7 Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"

    8 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

    9 He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

    10 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"

    11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

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

  • Luke 4:12-14
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    80%

    12 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

    13 When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.

    14 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.

  • Matt 3:16
    71%

    16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

  • Matt 3:13
    71%

    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

  • Matt 3:1
    71%

    1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

  • Luke 22:40
    71%

    40 When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you don't enter into temptation."

  • Jas 1:13-14
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    71%

    13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

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

  • Matt 26:41
    69%

    41 Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

  • Jas 4:7
    69%

    7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  • John 8:1
    68%

    1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

  • Mark 1:39
    68%

    39 He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.

  • Matt 4:17
    68%

    17 From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

  • Matt 17:18
    68%

    18 Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.

  • Mark 1:35
    67%

    35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

  • 1 Tim 4:1
    67%

    1 But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

  • Mark 14:38
    67%

    38 Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

  • John 4:3
    67%

    3 he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.

  • Matt 14:25
    67%

    25 In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.

  • Mark 9:2
    67%

    2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.

  • Luke 4:42
    67%

    42 When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them.

  • Luke 8:29
    67%

    29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.