Matthew 4:1

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Satan Tempts The Son of God To Act Contrary To His Father’s Will

4 Then Jesus was led-up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 4:3-4

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

³And having come to Him, the one tempting said to Him, “If You are^[a] God’s Son, say that these stones should become loaves-of-bread”. ⁴But the One, having responded, said, “It has been written [in Deut 8:3]: ‘Mankind^[b] shall live not on bread alone, but on every word proceeding-out through the mouth of God’”

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Footnotes

Matthew 4:3 That is, Assuming You are, as God said in 3:17.
Matthew 4:4 Or, Man, The person, The human, Humankind.

Matthew 4:7

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⁷Jesus said to him, “Again^[a], it has been written: ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test’” [Deut 6:16].

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Footnotes

Matthew 4:7 That is, For the second time I say; or, On the other hand.

Matthew 4:7 in all English translations

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