Deuteronomy 8:3
Christian Standard Bible
3 He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then he gave you manna to eat, which you and your ancestors had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.(A)
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Deuteronomy 8:3
New Catholic Bible
3 He brought you low, allowing you to suffer from hunger. He then fed you with manna, something with which your fathers were not familiar, so that you might come to know that man does not live by bread alone,[a] but man lives by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord.
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- Deuteronomy 8:3 Man does not live by bread alone: the assurance of God’s care for his people goes beyond their physical needs. Jesus used these words to confront Satan when he was being tempted (Mt 4:4), with certain belief in God’s power to sustain those who love him.
Deuteronomy 8:3
King James Version
3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
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