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And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he hungered.

And the tempter came nigh, and said to him, If thou be God's Son [If thou art the Son of God], say that these stones be made loaves.

Which answered, and said to him, It is written, Not only in bread liveth man, but in each word that cometh forth of God's mouth. [Which answering said to him, It is written, A man liveth not in bread alone, but in every word that cometh forth from the mouth of God.]

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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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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3