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After 40 days and 40 nights of going without eating, Jesus was hungry. The tempter came to him. He said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

Jesus answered, “It is written, ‘Man must not live only on bread. He must also live on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” (Deuteronomy 8:3)

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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