Luke 4:2 - Easy To Read Version

² There the devil tempted Jesus for 40 days. Jesus ate nothing during that time. When those days were finished, Jesus was very hungry.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² For (during) forty days in the wilderness (desert), where He was tempted (tried, tested exceedingly) by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, He was hungry. [Deut. 9:9; I Kings 19:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.

Common English Bible

² There he was tempted for forty days by the devil. He ate nothing during those days and afterward Jesus was starving.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² for forty days, and he was tested by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were completed, he was hungry.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² For the space of forty days; and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.

Luke 4:2 Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child’s foot, but he will crush your head.”

1 Kings 19:8

So Elijah got up. He ate and drank. The food made Elijah strong enough to walk for 40 days and nights. He walked to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 24:18

Then Moses went higher up the mountain into the cloud. Moses was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.

Exodus 34:28

Moses stayed there with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights. Moses did not eat any food or drink any water. And he (the Lord)} wrote the words of the Agreement (the Ten Commandments) on the two flat stones.

Jonah 3:7

The king wrote a special message. The king sent this message through the city:

Matthew 21:18

Early the next morning, Jesus was going back to the city. Jesus was very hungry.

Matthew 4:2

Jesus ate nothing for 40 days and nights. After this, he was very hungry.

Luke 4:3

The devil said to Jesus, “If you are the Son of God, tell this rock to become bread.”

John 4:6

Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip. So Jesus sat down beside the well. It was about noon.

Deuteronomy 9:18

Then I bowed down before the Lord with my face to the ground for 40 days and 40 nights, like I did before. I did not eat any food or drink any water. I did this because you had sinned so badly. You did the thing that is evil to the Lord, and you made him angry.

Deuteronomy 9:25

“So I bowed down before the Lord 40 days and 40 nights. Why? Because the Lord said he would destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:9

I went up the mountain to get the flat stones. The Agreement that the Lord made with you was written on those stones. I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. I did not eat any food or drink any water.

Hebrews 2:18

And now Jesus can help those people who are tempted. Jesus is able to help because he himself suffered and was tempted.

1 Samuel 17:16

The Philistine (Goliath) came out every morning and evening and stood before the Israelite army. Goliath made fun of Israel like this for 40 days.