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.'


In Context

1 Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,

2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

3 And the Tempter having come to him said, 'If Son thou art of God — speak that these stones may become loaves.'

4 But 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.'

5 Then doth the Devil take him to the holy city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

6 and saith to him, 'If Son thou art of God — cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'

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 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 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.