Luke 4:4

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And {G2532} Jesus {G2424} answered {G611} him {G4314}{G846}, saying {G3004}, It is written {G1125}, That {G3754} man {G444} shall {G2198} not {G3756} live {G2198} by {G1909} bread {G740} alone {G3441}, but {G235} by {G1909} every {G3956} word {G4487} of God {G2316}.

Yeshua answered him, "The Tanakh says, `Man does not live on bread alone.'"

But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 8:3 (55 votes)

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

  • Matthew 4:4 (25 votes)

    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.

  • Matthew 6:31 (13 votes)

    Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

  • Ephesians 6:17 (13 votes)

    And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

  • Exodus 23:25 (12 votes)

    And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

  • Luke 4:10 (10 votes)

    For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

  • Matthew 6:25 (10 votes)

    Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?