Matthew 4:1-4

The Temptation of Jesus

1 ¹Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness ²to be tempted by the devil.

2 And after fasting ³forty days and forty nights, he ⁴was hungry.

3 And ⁵the tempter came and said to him, "If you are ⁶the Son of God, command ⁷these stones to become loaves of bread."

4 But he answered, ⁸"It is written, ⁹"'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 1-11, see Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13
• 2. [Hebrews 2:18; Hebrews 4:15]
• 3. [Deuteronomy 9:9, 18; 1 Kings 19:8]
• 4. [John 4:6, 7]
• 5. 1 Thessalonians 3:5
• 6. See Matthew 14:33
• 7. [Matthew 3:9]
• 8. ver. 7, 10; Ephesians 6:17
• 9. Cited from Deuteronomy 8:3; [John 4:34]