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.'|


In Context

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

2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

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

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

5 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

6 and said to him, |If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash 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 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 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 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.