Matthew 4:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.'

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  • 1 Thess 3:5 : 5 because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.
  • Gen 3:1-5 : 1 And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?' 2 And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat, 3 and of the fruit of the tree which `is' in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.' 4 And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die, 5 for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it -- your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'
  • Luke 22:31-32 : 31 And the Lord said, `Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat, 32 and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.'
  • Num 11:4-6 : 4 And the rabble who `are' in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, `Who doth give us flesh? 5 We have remembered the fish which we do eat in Egypt for nought, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick; 6 and now our soul `is' dry, there is not anything, save the manna, before our eyes.'
  • Job 1:9-9 : 9 And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `For nought is Job fearing God? 10 Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath -- round about? 11 The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath -- if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!' 12 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, all that he hath `is' in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.' And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.
  • Job 2:4-7 : 4 And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life. 5 Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh -- if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!' 6 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, he `is' in thy hand; only his life take care of.' 7 And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
  • Ps 78:17-20 : 17 And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place. 18 And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust. 19 And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?' 20 Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also -- bread `is' He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'
  • Matt 14:33 : 33 and those in the boat having come, did bow to him, saying, `Truly -- God's Son art thou.'
  • Luke 4:3 : 3 and the Devil said to him, `If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.'
  • Luke 4:9 : 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, `If the Son thou art of God, cast thyself down hence,
  • Acts 9:20 : 20 and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that he is the Son of God.
  • Gen 25:29-34 : 29 And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he `is' weary; 30 and Esau saith unto Jacob, `Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I `am' weary;' therefore hath `one' called his name Edom `Red'; 31 and Jacob saith, `Sell to-day thy birthright to me.' 32 And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me -- birthright?' 33 and Jacob saith, `Swear to me to-day:' and he sweareth to him, and selleth his birthright to Jacob; 34 and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright.
  • Exod 16:3 : 3 and the sons of Israel say unto them, `Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety -- for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.'
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 `Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.
  • Rev 12:9-9 : 9 and the great dragon was cast forth -- the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world -- he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him. 10 And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night; 11 and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life -- unto death;
  • Heb 12:16 : 16 lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 4:1-10
    10 verses
    95%

    1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness,

    2forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,

    3and the Devil said to him, `If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.'

    4And Jesus answered him, saying, `It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.'

    5And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

    6and the Devil said to him, `To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it;

    7thou, then, if thou mayest bow before me -- all shall be thine.'

    8And Jesus answering him said, `Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

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

    10for it hath been written -- To His messengers He will give charge concerning thee, to guard over thee,

  • Matt 4:4-11
    8 verses
    86%

    4But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

    5Then doth the Devil take him to the `holy' city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

    6and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God -- cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'

    7Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

    8Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,

    9and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'

    10Then saith Jesus to him, `Go -- Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

    11Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

  • Matt 4:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,

    2and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

  • Luke 4:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

    12And Jesus answering said to him -- `It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

    13And having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from him till a convenient season.

  • Mark 1:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11and a voice came out of the heavens, `Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

    12And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness,

    13and he was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were ministering to him.

  • Luke 22:40
    69%

    40and having come to the place, he said to them, `Pray ye not to enter into temptation.'

  • Luke 6:3
    69%

    3And Jesus answering said unto them, `Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

  • Matt 7:9
    69%

    9`Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?

  • Matt 27:40
    69%

    40and saying, `Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building `it', save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.'

  • Matt 16:23
    69%

    23and he having turned, said to Peter, `Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.'

  • Deut 8:3
    69%

    3`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

  • Luke 22:31
    68%

    31And the Lord said, `Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,

  • Jas 1:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13Let no one say, being tempted -- `From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,

    14and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

  • Matt 3:17
    68%

    17and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

  • Ps 78:18
    68%

    18And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

  • Mark 8:33
    68%

    33and he, having turned, and having looked on his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, `Get behind me, Adversary, because thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.'

  • Matt 12:3
    68%

    3And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --

  • Gen 22:1
    67%

    1And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'

  • Mark 8:4
    67%

    4And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'

  • John 6:31-33
    3 verses
    67%

    31our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.'

    32Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven;

    33for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'

  • Luke 11:11
    67%

    11`And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

  • Luke 11:3
    66%

    3our appointed bread be giving us daily;

  • Matt 26:41
    66%

    41watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

  • Deut 6:16
    66%

    16`Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;

  • John 4:31
    66%

    31And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, `Rabbi, eat;'

  • Matt 14:28
    66%

    28And Peter answering him said, `Sir, if it is thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters;'

  • Gen 3:1
    66%

    1And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'