Luke 4:4
New International Version
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

New Living Translation
But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’”

English Standard Version
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’”

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

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus answered to him, "It has been written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'"

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

New King James Version
But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ”

New American Standard Bible
And Jesus answered him, “It is written: ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.’”

NASB 1995
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.’”

NASB 1977
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.’”

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.’”

Amplified Bible
Jesus replied to him, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE.’”

Christian Standard Bible
But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone. ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.”

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua answered and said to him, “It is written: a man does not live by bread alone, but by every utterance of God.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "The Scriptures say, 'No one can live only on food.'"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answered him: It is written, that Man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word of God.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus answered him, "Scripture says, 'A person cannot live on bread alone.' "

Good News Translation
But Jesus answered, "The scripture says, 'Human beings cannot live on bread alone.'"

International Standard Version
Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'One must not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.'"

Literal Standard Version
And Jesus answered him, saying, “It has been written, that, Not on bread only will man live, but on every saying of God.”

Majority Standard Bible
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.’”

New American Bible
Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’ ”

NET Bible
Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'"

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’”

New Heart English Bible
Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'"

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

Weymouth New Testament
"It is written," replied Jesus, "'It is not on bread alone that a man shall live.'"

World English Bible
Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’”

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus answered him, saying, 'It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.'

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Context
The Temptation of Jesus
3The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’” 5Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Luke 4:3
The devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."


Treasury of Scripture

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

It.

Luke 4:8,10
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve…

Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

John 10:34,35
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? …

That.

Luke 22:35
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

Exodus 23:25
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.

Deuteronomy 8:3
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.

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Luke 4
1. The fasting and temptation of Jesus.
14. He begins to preach.
16. The people of Nazareth marvel at words, but seek to kill him.
33. He cures one possessed of a demon,
38. Peter's mother-in-law,
40. and various other sick persons.
41. The demons acknowledge Jesus, and are reproved for it.
42. He preaches through the cities of Galilee.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

answered,
ἀπεκρίθη (apekrithē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

“It is written:
Γέγραπται (Gegraptai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.

‘Man
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

shall not live
ζήσεται (zēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.

on
ἐπ’ (ep’)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

bread
ἄρτῳ (artō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 740: Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf.

alone.’”
μόνῳ (monō)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3441: Only, solitary, desolate. Probably from meno; remaining, i.e. Sole or single; by implication, mere.


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