for 40 days to be tempted by the Devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over,[a] He was hungry. The Devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.[b](A)[c]

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  1. Luke 4:2 Lit were completed
  2. Luke 4:4 Other mss add but on every word of God
  3. Luke 4:4 Dt 8:3

where for forty days(A) he was tempted[a] by the devil.(B) He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God,(C) tell this stone to become bread.”

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:2 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.
  2. Luke 4:4 Deut. 8:3