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Matthew 4:12-25
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Matthew 4:1-11
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Matthew 4:5-11
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Matthew 4:12-17
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Matthew 4:18-22
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Matthew 4:23-25
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MAN DOES NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE
Passage:
Matthew 4:1-4
Key verse: 4
NIV
Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness(A)
4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a](B) by the devil.(C) 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights,(D) he was hungry. 3 The tempter(E) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,(F) 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.’[b]”(G)
Footnotes
- Matthew 4:1 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.
- Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3
Cross references
- Matthew 4:1 : 4:1-11pp — Mk 1:12, 13; Lk 4:1-13
- Matthew 4:1 : Heb 4:15
- Matthew 4:1 : Ge 3:1-7
- Matthew 4:2 : Ex 34:28; 1Ki 19:8
- Matthew 4:3 : 1Th 3:5
- Matthew 4:3 : S Mt 3:17; 14:33; 16:16; 27:54; Mk 3:11; Lk 1:35; 22:70; Jn 1:34, 49; 5:25; 11:27; 20:31; Ac 9:20; Ro 1:4; 1Jn 5:10-13, 20; Rev 2:18
- Matthew 4:4 : Dt 8:3; Jn 4:34
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ESV
The Temptation of Jesus
4 (A)Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness (B)to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting (C)forty days and forty nights, he (D)was hungry. 3 And (E)the tempter came and said to him, “If you are (F)the Son of God, command (G)these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, (H)“It is written,
(I)“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Cross references
- Matthew 4:1 : For ver. 1-11, see Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13
- Matthew 4:1 : [Heb. 2:18; 4:15]
- Matthew 4:2 : [Deut. 9:9, 18; 1 Kgs. 19:8]
- Matthew 4:2 : [John 4:6, 7]
- Matthew 4:3 : 1 Thess. 3:5
- Matthew 4:3 : See ch. 14:33
- Matthew 4:3 : [ch. 3:9]
- Matthew 4:4 : ver. 7, 10; Eph. 6:17
- Matthew 4:4 : Cited from Deut. 8:3; [John 4:34]
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Source: BibleGateway
1. Temptation in the desert (1-3)
Just after accepting his mission and hearing God's declaration of love and approval, Jesus was tempted by the devil. God led him to meet his adversary, because he needed hard training before he began his work. This was the first of many attempts Satan would make. This first temptation was on the physical level. Jesus had not eaten for 40 days, and he was hungry. The tempter asked him to prove his Sonship by making bread from the stones. This sounds reasonable. Why should one starve when he can make bread so easily? God gave him the power; why not use it in an emergency?
2. 'It is written...' (4)
Jesus' answer came from the Bible (Dt 8:3). Man must not live as a slave to physical desire. He cannot depend on his feelings and reason. He must live by God's word. This is the way of truth and life. God's children must listen to God and never listen to Satan.
Prayer: Lord, plant your word in my heart, and teach me to follow it so that I may defeat the tempter.
One Word: Obey God, not Satan
