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)

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)