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Luke 4:3

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And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
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  1. Matthew 4:3Rank 1 from verse 3
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    3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

  2. Luke 3:22Rank 2 from verse 3
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    22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

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Luke 4:3

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devil

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Sense 1: The Devil: Satan, the old serpent, the enemy, adversary, tempter, and deceiver. Sense 2: An evil or unclean spirit. Sense 3: By figure, a person characterized by great wickedness.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

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command

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Sense 1: To order or direct with authority. Sense 2: An authoritative order, charge, or commandment.

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stone

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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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4:1AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

4:2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

4:3And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

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4:4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

4:5And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

4:6And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

4:7If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

4:8And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

4:10For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

4:11And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

4:12And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

4:13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

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