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Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.”

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You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens(A) to supply you with food there.”

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“Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.”

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“Go at once to Zarephath(A) in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow(B) there to supply you with food.”

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But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,

‘People do not live by bread alone,
    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:4 Deut 8:3.

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3

He gives food to the wild animals
    and feeds the young ravens when they cry.

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He provides food(A) for the cattle
    and for the young ravens(B) when they call.

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Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!” He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again.

Then the angel of the Lord came again and touched him and said, “Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you.”

So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai,[a] the mountain of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:8 Hebrew to Horeb, another name for Sinai.

Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.(A)

All at once an angel(B) touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.

The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty(C) days and forty nights until he reached Horeb,(D) the mountain of God.

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Let the whole world fear the Lord,
    and let everyone stand in awe of him.
For when he spoke, the world began!
    It appeared at his command.

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Let all the earth fear the Lord;(A)
    let all the people of the world(B) revere him.(C)
For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded,(D) and it stood firm.

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41 Who provides food for the ravens
    when their young cry out to God
    and wander about in hunger?

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41 Who provides food(A) for the raven(B)
    when its young cry out to God
    and wander about for lack of food?(C)

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11 Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.

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11 Then the devil left him,(A) and angels came and attended him.(B)

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“Who kept the sea inside its boundaries
    as it burst from the womb,
and as I clothed it with clouds
    and wrapped it in thick darkness?
10 For I locked it behind barred gates,
    limiting its shores.
11 I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
    Here your proud waves must stop!’

12 “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear
    and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
13 Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,
    to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?

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“Who shut up the sea behind doors(A)
    when it burst forth from the womb,(B)
when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,(C)
10 when I fixed limits for it(D)
    and set its doors and bars in place,(E)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;(F)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?(G)

12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning,(H)
    or shown the dawn its place,(I)
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
    and shake the wicked(J) out of it?(K)

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29 But if he chooses to remain quiet,
    who can criticize him?
When he hides his face, no one can find him,
    whether an individual or a nation.

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29 But if he remains silent,(A) who can condemn him?(B)
    If he hides his face,(C) who can see him?
Yet he is over individual and nation alike,(D)

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Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel,
    I will search them out and capture them.
Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean,
    I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.
Even if their enemies drive them into exile,
    I will command the sword to kill them there.
I am determined to bring disaster upon them
    and not to help them.”

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Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,(A)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.(B)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,(C)
    there I will command the serpent(D) to bite them.(E)
Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword(F) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm(G) and not for good.(H)(I)

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“You and Aaron must take the staff and assemble the entire community. As the people watch, speak to the rock over there, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock.”

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“Take the staff,(A) and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water.(B) You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”

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