Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.
New American Standard Bible
But He answered and said,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
But He answered,
International Standard Version
But he answered, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out of the mouth of God.'"
A Conservative Version
But having answered, he said, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
But Jesus replied,
An Understandable Version
But Jesus answered, "It is written [Deut. 8:3], 'A person is not to live by [eating] bread only, but [instead] by [believing and obeying] every statement spoken by God.'"
Anderson New Testament
But he answered and said: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
Bible in Basic English
But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
Common New Testament
But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"
Daniel Mace New Testament
but Jesus answered him, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every thing that God shall prescribe."
Godbey New Testament
And He responding said; It has been written, A man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word coming forth through the mouth of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone is man to live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God!' "
John Wesley New Testament
But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Julia Smith Translation
And he having answered, said, It has been written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word going forth through the mouth of God.
King James 2000
But 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But he answered [and] said, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God."
Modern King James verseion
But 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."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'"
Moffatt New Testament
He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God."
Montgomery New Testament
Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."
NET Bible
But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
New Heart English Bible
But 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.'"
Noyes New Testament
But he answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God."
Sawyer New Testament
And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God.
The Emphasized Bible
But, he, answering, said, It is written, - Not on bread alone, shall man live, but on every declaration coming forth through the mouth of God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But he answering said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
Twentieth Century New Testament
But Jesus answered: "Scripture says--'It is not on bread alone that man is to live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
"It is written," replied Jesus, "'It is not on bread alone that a man shall live, but on whatsoever God shall appoint.'"
Williams New Testament
But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone can man live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
World English Bible
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.'"
Worrell New Testament
But He, answering, said, "It has been written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"
Worsley New Testament
but He answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live upon bread only, but on whatever proceedeth from the mouth of God."
Youngs Literal Translation
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.'
Themes
Battle of Life » Weapons and armour of the saints » General references to weapons
Christ, character of » Resisting temptation
Spiritual life » Is maintained by » The word of God
Man » Man living by the word of God
Manna » Given » To teach that man does not live by bread only
The scriptures » Should be » Used against our spiritual enemies
The scriptures » Christ sanctioned, by appealing to them
The scriptures » Designed for » Supporting life
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Weapons
Temptation » Christ » Resisted by the word of God
The word of God » Despised by the foolish » Food for the soul
Topics
Interlinear
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Matthew 4:4
Devotionals containing Matthew 4:4
References
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Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 4:4
Prayers for Matthew 4:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Temptation Of Jesus
3 And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread. 4 But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth. 5 Then the devil takes him to the holy city, and sets him upon the edge of the temple,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
Luke 4:4
And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Matthew 4:7
Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Matthew 4:10
Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
Ephesians 6:17
Have also the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word;
Exodus 16:8
And Moses said, When Jehovah gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for Jehovah hears your murmurings which ye murmur against him ... and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.
Exodus 16:15
And the children of Israel saw it, and said one to another, What is it? for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat.
Exodus 16:35
And the children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came into an inhabited land: they ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
Exodus 23:15
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread, (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I have commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear in my presence empty;)
1 Kings 17:12-16
And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
2 Kings 4:42-44
And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.
2 Kings 7:1-2
And Elisha said, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah: To-morrow about this time shall the measure of fine flour be at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Haggai 2:16-19
before those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the vat to draw out fifty press-measures, there were but twenty.
Malachi 3:9-11
Ye are cursed with a curse; and me ye rob, even this whole nation.
Matthew 14:16-21
But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give ye them to eat.
Mark 6:38-44
And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? Go and see. And when they knew they say, Five, and two fishes.
Mark 8:4-9
And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place?
Luke 4:8
And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
Luke 4:12
And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
John 6:5-15
Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat?
John 6:31-59
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
John 6:63
It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.
Romans 15:4
For as many things as have been written before have been written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.