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Matthew 4:3
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The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
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And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
ESV
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And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread."
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During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
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which the Devil took advantage of in the first test: "Since you are God's Son, speak the word that will turn these stones into loaves of bread."
CSB
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Then the tempter approached Him and said, "If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
Matthew 4:3 In-Context
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Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
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The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
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Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
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1 Thessalonians 3:5
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Matthew 3:17
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Matthew 14:33
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Matthew 16:16
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Matthew 27:54
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Mark 3:11
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Luke 1:35
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Luke 22:70
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John 1:34,49
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John 5:25
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John 11:27
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John 20:31
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Acts 9:20
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Romans 1:4
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1Jn 5:10-13,20
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Revelation 2:18
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