Luke 4:3
“And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.”
Luke 4:3 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And the devil said to him: If thou be the Son of God, say to this stone that it be made bread.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And the devil said unto him, if thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread.
- DARBYDarby
- And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- The devil said to him, If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- and the Devil said to him, 'If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.'
- BPVBiblePics Version
- The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."
Context: Luke 4
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.
About Luke 4: The Temptation of Jesus
Jesus is tempted by Satan and begins His ministry in Galilee.
Commentary
Luke 4 is the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Bible. In this chapter, Jesus begins his public ministry by returning to his hometown of Nazareth and delivering a sermon in the synagogue. He then travels to Capernaum and performs several miracles, including healing a man with an unclean spirit and healing Simon Peter's mother-in-law.