The tempter came to him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, 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]

Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the highest point of the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3

The tempter(A) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,(B) 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](C)

Then the devil took him to the holy city(D) and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3