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Matthew 4:1–3

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THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
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From verse 1

  1. Hebrews 2:18Rank 1 from verse 1
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    18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

  2. Luke 4:1–13Rank 2 from verse 1
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    1AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

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

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

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

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

    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.

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

    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.

    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:

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

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

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

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

  3. Mark 1:12–15Rank 3 from verse 1
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    12And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

    13And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

    14Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

    15And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

  4. Hebrews 4:15–16Rank 4 from verse 1
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    15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

    16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

  5. Romans 8:14Rank 5 from verse 1
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    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

  6. Ezekiel 43:5Rank 6 from verse 1
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    5So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.

  7. John 14:30Rank 7 from verse 1
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    30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

  8. Ezekiel 3:14Rank 8 from verse 1
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    14So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

  9. Ezekiel 3:12Rank 9 from verse 1
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    12Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

  10. Acts 8:39Rank 10 from verse 1
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    39And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

  11. 1 Kings 18:12Rank 11 from verse 1
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    12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.

  12. Ezekiel 40:2Rank 12 from verse 1
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    2In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.

  13. 2 Kings 2:16Rank 13 from verse 1
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    16¶ And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

  14. Ezekiel 11:1Rank 14 from verse 1
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    1MOREOVER the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

  15. Genesis 3:15Rank 15 from verse 1
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    15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  16. Ezekiel 11:24Rank 16 from verse 1
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    24¶ Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

  17. Ezekiel 8:3Rank 17 from verse 1
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    3And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

From verse 2

  1. Deuteronomy 9:18Rank 1 from verse 2
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    18And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

  2. Exodus 34:28Rank 2 from verse 2
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    28And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  3. 1 Kings 19:8Rank 3 from verse 2
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    8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

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

  5. Deuteronomy 9:9Rank 5 from verse 2
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    9When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

  6. Deuteronomy 9:25Rank 6 from verse 2
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    25Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

  7. Exodus 24:18Rank 7 from verse 2
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    18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

  8. Deuteronomy 18:18Rank 8 from verse 2
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    18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

  9. John 4:6Rank 9 from verse 2
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    6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

  10. Mark 11:12Rank 10 from verse 2
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    12¶ And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

  11. Hebrews 2:14–17Rank 11 from verse 2
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    14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

    15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

    16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

    17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

  12. Matthew 21:18Rank 12 from verse 2
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    18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

From verse 3

  1. 1 Thessalonians 3:5Rank 1 from verse 3
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    5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

  2. Genesis 3:1–5Rank 2 from verse 3
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    1NOW the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

    2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

    3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

    4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

    5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

  3. Numbers 11:4–6Rank 3 from verse 3
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    4¶ And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

    5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

    6But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

  4. Luke 22:31–32Rank 4 from verse 3
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    31¶ And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

    32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

  5. Revelation 2:10Rank 5 from verse 3
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    10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

  6. Psalms 78:17–20Rank 6 from verse 3
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    17And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

    18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

    19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

    20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

  7. Genesis 25:29–34Rank 7 from verse 3
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    29¶ And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

    30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

    31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

    32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

    33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

    34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

  8. Job 1:9–12Rank 8 from verse 3
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    9Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

    10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

    11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

    12And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

  9. Job 2:4–7Rank 9 from verse 3
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    4And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

    5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

    6And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

    7¶ So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

  10. Matthew 3:17Rank 10 from verse 3
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    17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  11. Revelation 12:9–11Rank 11 from verse 3
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    9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

    10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

    11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

  12. Exodus 16:3Rank 12 from verse 3
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    3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

  13. Hebrews 12:16Rank 13 from verse 3
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    16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

  14. Acts 9:20Rank 14 from verse 3
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    20And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

  15. Luke 4:3Rank 15 from verse 3
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    3And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

  16. Luke 4:9Rank 16 from verse 3
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    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:

  17. Matthew 14:33Rank 17 from verse 3
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    33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

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Matthew 4:1

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

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wilderness

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Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

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tempted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of tempt. Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

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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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Matthew 4:2

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fasted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fast, meaning to abstain from food for a time.

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Matthew 4:3

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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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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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4:1THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

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4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

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4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

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4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

4:5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

4:6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

4:7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

4:8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

4:9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

4:11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

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