¹² “Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,” Daniel said.

¹⁶ So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others.

² For instance, one person believes it’s all right to eat anything. But another believer with a sensitive conscience will eat only vegetables.

³ Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.