Matthew 4:2-4

Listen to Matthew 4:2-4

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 shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’^[a] ”

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Cross References 4

1. Exodus 34:28; 1 Kings 19:8
2. 1 Thessalonians 3:5
3. S Matthew 3:17; Matthew 14:33; Matthew 16:16; Matthew 27:54; Mark 3:11; Luke 1:35; Luke 22:70; John 1:34,49; John 5:25; John 11:27; John 20:31; Acts 9:20; Romans 1:4; 1Jn 5:10-13,20; Revelation 2:18
4. Deuteronomy 8:3; John 4:34

Footnotes 1

[a] Deut. 8:3

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