Matthew 4:4-6
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4 “The Bible says,” replied Jesus, “that it takes more than bread to keep you alive. You actually live on every word that comes out of God’s mouth.”
5 Then the devil took him off to the holy city, and stood him on a pinnacle of the Temple.
6 “If you really are God’s son,” he said, “throw yourself down. The Bible does say, after all, that ‘God will give his angels a command about you’; and ‘they will carry you in their hands, so that you won’t hurt your foot against a stone.’ ”
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Matthew 4:4-6
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4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[a]”(A)
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city(B) and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,”(C) he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:
Footnotes
- Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3
- Matthew 4:6 Psalm 91:11,12
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