And when he had fasted [a]forty days, and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.

Then came to him the tempter, and said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

But he answering, said, It is written, (A)Man shall not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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  1. Matthew 4:2 Full forty days.

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

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)

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  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3