Matthew 4:8
Good News Translation
Then the Devil took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in all their greatness.

New Revised Standard Version
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor;

Contemporary English Version
Finally, the devil took Jesus up on a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms on earth and their power.

New American Bible
Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,

the devil.

Matthew 4:5 Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple,

Luke 4:5-7 And the devil led him into a high mountain and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. . . .

and sheweth.

Matthew 16:26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Esther 1:4 That he might shew the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the greatness, and boasting of his power, for a long time, to wit, for a hundred and fourscore days.

Esther 5:11 And he declared to them the greatness of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and with how great glory the king had advanced him above all his princes and servants.

Psalm 49:16,17 Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased. . . .

Daniel 4:30 The same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor, and he was driven away from among men, and did eat grass, like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven: till his hairs grew like the feathers of eagles, and his nails like birds' claws.

Hebrews 11:24-26 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, denied himself to be the son of Pharao's daughter: . . .

1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered and the flower thereof is fallen away.

1 John 2:15,16 Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. . . .

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.

Context
The Temptation of Jesus
7Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, 9And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.…
Cross References
Numbers 23:3
And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

Matthew 16:26
For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Luke 4:5
And the devil led him into a high mountain and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

John 5:20
For the Father loveth the Son and sheweth him all things which himself doth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that you may wonder.

1 John 2:15
Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.

Matthew 4:7
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