Matthew 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. wful means: — What is the safeguard against this peril? 1. Not by denying the legitimacy of the desires of the bodily organization. 2. By showing that man's present life was not the gratification of a bodily need, but the satisfaction of the hunger of the spirit in God. (G. S. Barrett, B. A.)Let us beware of acting the devil's part by discouraging those whom God has afflicted. (L. H. Wiseman.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. |
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