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The Temptation of Jesus

Luke 4:5

In 9 translations

BSB
Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
KJV
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
WEB
The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
ASV
And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
LSV
And the Devil having brought Him up to a high mountain, showed to Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,
YLT
And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,
DBY
And [the devil], leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.
DRC
And the devil led him into a high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time;
GNV
Then the deuill tooke him vp into an high mountaine, and shewed him all the kingdomes of the world, in the twinkeling of an eye.

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include διάβολος εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν (“devil into mountain high”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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  • SBLGNT: αὐτὸν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτὸν; the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont add ὁ διάβολος εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ ἀναγαγὼν αὐτὸν ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐν στιγμῇ χρόνου·
RP2018
Καὶ ἀναγαγὼν αὐτὸν ὁ διάβολος εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐν στιγμῇ χρόνου.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἀναγαγὼν αὐτὸν ὁ διάβολος εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐν στιγμῇ χρόνου.
SCR1894
και αναγαγων αυτον ο διαβολος εις ορος υψηλον εδειξεν αυτω πασας τας βασιλειας της οικουμενης εν στιγμη χρονου

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 John 2:15–16Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is…
  • 1 Corinthians 15:52in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
  • Matthew 4:8Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
  • Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
  • Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
  • Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.
  • Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
  • Mark 4:8–9Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.” Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
  • Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

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