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Matthew 4:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Matthew 4:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God,[a] command these stones to be transformed into loaves of bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “As it is written:
‘Man does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’ ”[b]
5 Next the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the summit of the temple.[c]
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- Matthew 4:3 If you are the Son of God: in the sense of the Messianic King of Ps 2.
- Matthew 4:4 A citation of Deut 8:3, indicating that the miracles of the Exodus were signs of God’s religious care for Israel.
- Matthew 4:5 Summit of the temple: the southeast corner of the wall of the Jerusalem temple, projecting over a ravine.
