Matthew 4:1

Modern English Version

Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

1 Kings 18:12

As soon as I am gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you to a place I do not know, and so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will execute me. But I, your servant, have feared the Lord since my youth.

2 Kings 2:16

They said to him, “Behold now, there are fifty strong men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has lifted him up and thrown him on some mountain or into some valley.” He said, “Do not send them.”

Ezekiel 11:1

Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord which faces eastward. And behold, at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, officials of the people.

Ezekiel 11:24

Afterwards the Spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea to those of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

Ezekiel 3:12

Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a great thundering voice: “Blessed be the glory of the Lord in His place.”

Ezekiel 3:14

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

Ezekiel 40:2

In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me upon a very high mountain, on which was as the frame of a city on the south.

Ezekiel 43:5

So the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

Ezekiel 8:3

He stretched out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head. And the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.

John 14:30

After this I will not speak much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over Me.

Acts 8:39

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away. And the eunuch saw him no more, and he went his way rejoicing.

Romans 8:14

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.

Hebrews 2:18

For since He Himself suffered while being tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

James 1:14

But each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.