² After fasting forty days and forty nights,^(A) he was hungry. ³ The tempter^(B) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,^(C) tell these stones to become bread.”

⁴ Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’^[a]”^(D)

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree^(A)

¹⁸ Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears the Temple Courts^(A)(B)(C)

¹² The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

² where for forty days^(A) he was tempted^[a] by the devil.^(B) He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

³ The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God,^(C) tell this stone to become bread.”

⁴ Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’^[b]”^(D)

⁸ (His disciples had gone into the town^(A) to buy food.)