Matthew 4:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 (A)He fasted for forty days and forty nights,[a] and afterwards he was hungry. 3 The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.” 4 [b]He said in reply, “It is written:(B)
‘One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”
Footnotes
- 4:2 Forty days and forty nights: the same time as that during which Moses remained on Sinai (Ex 24:18). The time reference, however, seems primarily intended to recall the forty years during which Israel was tempted in the desert (Dt 8:2).
- 4:4 Cf. Dt 8:3. Jesus refuses to use his power for his own benefit and accepts whatever God wills.
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