² And He went without food for forty days and forty nights, and later He was hungry.^(A)

³ And the tempter came and said to Him, If You are God’s Son, command these stones to be made [^[a]loaves of] bread.

⁴ But He replied, It has been written, Man shall not live and be upheld and sustained by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.^(B)

¹⁸ In the early dawn the next morning, as He was coming back to the city, He was hungry.

¹² On the day following, when they had come away from Bethany, He was hungry.

² For (during) forty days in the wilderness (desert), where He was tempted (^[a]tried, tested exceedingly) by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, He was hungry.^(A)

³ Then the devil said to Him, If You are the Son of God, order this stone to turn into a loaf [of bread].

⁴ And Jesus replied to him, It is written, Man shall not live and be sustained by (on) bread alone ^[b]but by every word and expression of God.^(B)

⁸ For His disciples had gone off into the town to buy food—