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and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.

And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.

But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.

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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