4But 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.


In Context

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 afterward hungered.

3 And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become 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 into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

6 and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: And on their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Matthew 4:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:4But 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4But 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4But he answered, |It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4But he answering said, 'It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.