Matthew 4:8–9
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Againe the Deuill taketh him vp into an exceeding high mountaine, and sheweth him all the kingdomes of the world, and the glory of them:
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
And saith vnto him, All these things will I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe and worship me.
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From verse 8
- 1 John 2:15–16Rank 1 from verse 8
15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
15Loue not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loue the world, the loue of the Father is not in him.
16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
- Revelation 11:15Rank 2 from verse 8
15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
15And the seuenth Angel sounded, and there were great voyces in heauen, saying, The kingdomes of this world are become the kingdomes of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reigne for euer and euer.
- Luke 4:5–7Rank 3 from verse 8
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.
5And the deuil taking him vp into an high mountaine, shewed vnto him all the kingdomes of the world in a moment of time.
6And the deuil said vnto him, All this power will I giue thee, and the glory of them; for that is deliuered vnto me, & to whomsoeuer I will, I giue it.
7If thou therefore wilt ‖worship me, all shalbe thine.
- Matthew 16:26Rank 4 from verse 8
- Psalms 49:16–17Rank 5 from verse 8
16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.
17*For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
- 1 Peter 1:24Rank 6 from verse 8
- Hebrews 11:24–26Rank 7 from verse 8
24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;
25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
24By faith Moses when hee was come to yeeres, refused to bee called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter,
25Chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, then to enioy the pleasures of sinne for a season:
26Esteeming the reproch ‖of Christ greater riches then the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect vnto the recompense of the reward.
- Daniel 4:30Rank 8 from verse 8
30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
30The King spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I haue built for the house of the kingdome, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie?
- Esther 5:11Rank 9 from verse 8
11And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
11And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had aduanced him aboue the Princes, and seruants of the king.
- Esther 1:4Rank 10 from verse 8
- Matthew 4:5Rank 11 from verse 8
From verse 9
- 2 Corinthians 4:4Rank 1 from verse 9
4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
4In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which beleeue not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine vnto them.
- Daniel 5:18–19Rank 2 from verse 9
18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
19And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
18O thou king, the most high God gaue Nebuchad-nezzar thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and glory, and honour.
19And for the maiestie that hee gaue him, all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would, he slew, & whom he would, he kept aliue, and whom he would hee set vp, and whom he would hee put downe.
- John 16:11Rank 3 from verse 9
- Revelation 19:10Rank 4 from verse 9
10And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
10And I fell at his feete to worship him: And he said vnto me, *See thou doe it not: I am thy fellow seruant, and of thy brethren, that haue the testimonie of Iesus, Worship God: for the testimony of Iesus, is the spirit of prophecie.
- Revelation 22:8–9Rank 5 from verse 9
8And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
8And I Iohn saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seene, I fell downe, to worship before the feete of the Angel, which shewed me these things.
9Then saith he vnto me, *See thou doe it not: for I am thy fellow seruant, and of thy brethren the Prophets, and of them which keepe the sayings of this booke: worship God.
- 1 Corinthians 10:20–21Rank 6 from verse 9
20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
20But I say that the things which the Gentiles *sacrifice, they sacrifice to deuils, and not to God: and I would not that yee should haue fellowship with deuils.
21Yee cannot drinke the cup of the Lord, and the cup of deuils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lords Table, and of the table of deuils.
- Psalms 72:11Rank 7 from verse 9
- 1 Samuel 2:7–8Rank 8 from verse 9
7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
7The LORD maketh poore, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth vp.
8*He raiseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORDs, and hee hath set the world vpon them.
- 1 Timothy 3:6Rank 9 from verse 9
- Daniel 2:37–38Rank 10 from verse 9
37Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
37Thou, O King, art a king of Kings: for the God of heauen hath giuen thee a kingdome, power, and strength, and glory.
38And wheresoeuer the children of men dwel, the beasts of the field, and the foules of the heauen hath he giuen into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler ouer them all: thou art this head of gold.
- Daniel 4:32Rank 11 from verse 9
32And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
32And they shall driue thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eate grasse as oxen, and seuen times shall passe ouer thee, vntill thou know that the most high ruleth in the kingdome of men, and giueth it to whomsoeuer he will.
- Daniel 5:26–28Rank 12 from verse 9
26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
26This is the interpretation of the thing, MENE, God hath numbred thy kingdome, and finished it.
27TEKEL, thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28PERES, thy kingdome is diuided, and giuen to the Medes and Persians.
- Jeremiah 27:5–6Rank 13 from verse 9
5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
6And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
5*I haue made the earth, the man and the beast that are vpon the ground, by my great power, and by my outstretched arme, and haue giuen it vnto whom it seemed meet vnto me.
6*And now haue I giuen all these landes into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon my seruant, and the beasts of the field haue I giuen him also to serue him.
- John 12:31Rank 14 from verse 9
- John 14:30Rank 16 from verse 9
- Matthew 26:15Rank 17 from verse 9
- Proverbs 8:15Rank 18 from verse 9
- Psalms 113:7–8Rank 19 from verse 9
7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
7*He raiseth vp the poore out of the dust: and lifteth the needie out of the dung-hill:
8That he may set him with princes: euen with the princes of his people.
- Revelation 19:16Rank 20 from verse 9
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Matthew 4:8
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
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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.
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Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.
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Very great, abundant, intense, extensive, or beyond ordinary measure or degree; exceedingly.
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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.
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Sense 1: A great natural elevation of land or an elevated region. Sense 2: A figure of something lofty or formidable.
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Shows, reveals, declares, or makes known.
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Sense 1: Realms, nations, or dominions ruled by kings. Sense 2: The exercise of royal rule.
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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.
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Matthew 4:9
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.
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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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4:1THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
4:1¶ Then was *Iesus led vp of the Spirit into the wildernesse, to bee tempted of the deuill.
4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
4:2And when hee had fasted forty dayes and forty nights, hee was afterward an hungred.
4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4:3And when the tempter came to him, hee said, If thou be the sonne of God, command that these stones bee made bread.
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.
4:4But he answered, and said, It is written, *Man shall not liue by bread alone, but by euery 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,
4:5Then the deuill taketh him vp into the holy Citie, and setteth him on a pinacle 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.
4:6And saith vnto him, If thou bee the Sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe: For it is written, *He shall giue his Angels charge concerning thee, & in their handes they shall beare thee vp, lest at any time thou dash thy foote against a stone.
4:7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
4:7Iesus said vnto him, It is written againe, *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;
4:8Againe the Deuill taketh him vp into an exceeding high mountaine, and sheweth him all the kingdomes of the world, and the glory of them:
Selected passage4:9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
4:9And saith vnto him, All these things will I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe and worship me.
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4:10Then saith Iesus vnto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, *Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue.
4:11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
4:11Then the deuill leaueth him, and behold, Angels came and ministred vnto him.