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


In Context

1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

3 The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."

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

5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

6 "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: " 'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your 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 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 English Revised 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 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.