Luke 4:5-13
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
5 Then the devil took Him up to a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time [[a]in the twinkling of an eye].
6 And he said to Him, To You I will give all this power and authority and their glory (all their magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, and grace), for it has been turned over to me, and I give it to whomever I will.
7 Therefore if You will do homage to and worship me [[b]just once], it shall all be Yours.
8 And Jesus replied to him, [c]Get behind Me, Satan! It is written, You shall do homage to and worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.(A)
9 Then he took Him to Jerusalem and set Him on [d]a gable 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 give His angels charge over you to guard and watch over you closely and carefully;
11 And on their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.(B)
12 And Jesus replied to him, [The Scripture] says, You shall not tempt (try, [e]test exceedingly) the Lord your God.(C)
13 And when the devil had ended every [the complete cycle of] temptation, he [temporarily] left Him [that is, [f]stood off from Him] until another more opportune and favorable time.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Luke 4:5 William Tyndale, The Tyndale Bible.
- Luke 4:7 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People: “expressed by the Greek aorist tense.”
- Luke 4:8 Some manuscripts add this phrase.
- Luke 4:9 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament.
- Luke 4:12 Robert Young, Analytical Concordance.
- Luke 4:13 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies in the Greek New Testament.
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