He led him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 4:9 in context
Luke 4:6–12
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The devil said to him, “I will give you all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I want.
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If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.”
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Jesus answered him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”
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He led him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
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and,
‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.’”
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Jesus answering, said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
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