Matthew 4:4
But Jesus answered and said to him, “It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.'”
Unlocked Literal Bible
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In Context
3The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”
5Then the devil took him into the holy city and set him on the highest point of the temple building,
Cross References
Exodus 16:15When the people of Israel saw it, they said one to another, “What is it?” They did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that Yahweh has given you to eat.
Exodus 23:15You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you will eat unleavened bread for seven days. At that time, you will appear before me in the month of Aviv, which is fixed for this purpose. It was in this month that you came out from Egypt. But you must not appear before me empty-handed.
1 Kings 17:12She replied, “As Yahweh your God lives, I do not have any bread, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug. See, I am gathering two sticks so I may go in and cook it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
2 Kings 7:1Elisha said, “Hear the word of Yahweh. This is what Yahweh says: 'Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'”
Malachi 3:9You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation.
Matthew 4:10Then Jesus said to him, “Go away from here, Satan! For it is written, 1 'You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.'”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12
The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →