Matthew 4:1

New Century Version

Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel.”

1 Kings 18:12

The Spirit of the Lord may carry you to some other place after I leave. If I go tell King Ahab you are here, and he comes and doesn’t find you, he will kill me! I have followed the Lord since I was a boy.

2 Kings 2:16

They said to him, “There are fifty strong men with us. Please let them go and look for your master. Maybe the Spirit of the Lord has taken Elijah up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.” But Elisha answered, “No, don’t send them.”

Ezekiel 11:1

The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the front gate of the Temple of the Lord, which faces east. I saw twenty-five men where the gate opens, among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.

Ezekiel 11:24

The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the captives who had been taken from Judah to Babylonia. This happened in a vision given by the Spirit of God, and then the vision I had seen ended.

Ezekiel 3:12

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a loud rumbling sound behind me, saying, “Praise the glory of the Lord in heaven.”

Ezekiel 3:14

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I was unhappy and angry, and I felt the great power of the Lord.

Ezekiel 40:2

In the visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel and put me down on a very high mountain. On the south of the mountain there were some buildings that looked like a city.

Ezekiel 43:5

Then the Spirit picked me up and brought me into the inner courtyard. There I saw the Lord’s glory filling the Temple.

Ezekiel 8:3

It stretched out the shape of a hand and caught me by the hair on my head. The Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the sky. He took me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple. In the courtyard was the idol that caused God to be jealous.

John 14:30

I will not talk with you much longer, because 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; the officer never saw him again. And the officer continued on his way home, full of joy.

Romans 8:14

The true children of God are those who let God’s Spirit lead them.

Hebrews 2:18

And now he can help those who are tempted, because he himself suffered and was tempted.

James 1:14

But people are tempted when their own evil desire leads them away and traps them.