Then the tempter approached Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”(A)

But He answered, “It is written:

Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.(B)[a]

Then the Devil took Him to the holy city,[b] had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:4 Dt 8:3
  2. Matthew 4:5 = Jerusalem

The tempter(A) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,(B) tell these stones to become bread.”

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[a](C)

Then the devil took him to the holy city(D) and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3