Matthew 4:3 “The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell the…”

Matthew 4:3

The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then came to him the tempter, and said, If thou be the Sonne of God, commande that these stones be made bread.

Darby Translation

And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

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Cross references

“the tempter”

1 Thessalonians 3:5 Revelation 2:10 Job 1:9–12 Job 2:4–7 Revelation 12:9–11 Luke 22:31

1 Thessalonians 3:5 · BSB

For 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 that our labor might have been in vain.

Revelation 2:10 · BSB

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, 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…

Job 1:9–12 · BSB

Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

Job 2:4–7 · BSB

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Revelation 12:9–11 · BSB

And 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.

Luke 22:31 · BSB

Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.

“if”

Matthew 3:17 Luke 4:3 Luke 4:9

Matthew 3:17 · BSB

And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

Luke 4:3 · BSB

The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

Luke 4:9 · BSB

Then 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.

“command”

Genesis 3:1–5 Numbers 11:4–6 Psalm 78:17–20 Genesis 25:29–34 Exodus 16:3 Hebrews 12:16

Genesis 3:1–5 · BSB

Now 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?’”

Numbers 11:4–6 · BSB

Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?

Psalm 78:17–20 · BSB

But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

Genesis 25:29–34 · BSB

One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

Exodus 16:3 · BSB

“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!”

Hebrews 12:16 · BSB

See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

Also

Matthew 14:33 Acts 9:20

Matthew 14:33 · BSB

Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”

Acts 9:20 · BSB

Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”

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