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Matthew 4:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 4:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 After He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights,(A) He was hungry. 3 Then the tempter approached Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”(B)
4 But He answered, “It is written:
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Matthew 4:2-4
King James Version
Matthew 4:2-4
King James Version
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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Matthew 4:2-4
English Standard Version
Matthew 4:2-4
English Standard Version
2 And after fasting (A)forty days and forty nights, he (B)was hungry. 3 And (C)the tempter came and said to him, “If you are (D)the Son of God, command (E)these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, (F)“It is written,
(G)“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 4:2-4
New International Version
Matthew 4:2-4
New International Version
2 After fasting forty days and forty nights,(A) he was hungry. 3 The tempter(B) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,(C) tell these stones to become bread.”
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]”(D)
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- Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3
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