Bible verse
Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
Luke 4:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 4.
1 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2 where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
3 The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
5 Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
6 “I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.
7 So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”
8 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
9 Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
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.
ASV
And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
ERV
And he led him up, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
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