Matthew 4:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After Jesus had gone without eating for forty days and nights, he was very hungry.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:8

So Elijah sat up and ate and drank. The food and water made him strong enough to walk forty more days. At last, he reached Mount Sinai, the mountain of God,

Exodus 34:28

Moses stayed on the mountain with the LORD for forty days and nights, without eating or drinking. And he wrote down the Ten Commandments, the most important part of God's agreement with his people.

Matthew 21:18

When Jesus got up the next morning, he was hungry. He started out for the city,

Matthew 25:35

When I was hungry, you gave me something to eat, and when I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink. When I was a stranger, you welcomed me,

Matthew 25:42

I was hungry, but you did not give me anything to eat, and I was thirsty, but you did not give me anything to drink.

Mark 11:12

When Jesus and his disciples left Bethany the next morning, he was hungry.

Luke 4:2

For forty days Jesus was tested by the devil, and during that time he went without eating. When it was all over, he was hungry.

John 4:6

The well that Jacob had dug was still there, and Jesus sat down beside it because he was tired from travelling. It was midday, and after Jesus' disciples had gone into town to buy some food, a Samaritan woman came to draw water from the well. Jesus asked her, “Would you please give me a drink of water?”

Deuteronomy 18:18

So when I want to speak to them, I will choose one of them to be a prophet like you. I will give my message to that prophet, who will tell the people exactly what I have said.

Deuteronomy 9:18

I bowed down at the place of worship and prayed to the LORD, without eating or drinking for forty days and nights. You had committed a terrible sin by making that idol, and the LORD hated what you had done. He was angry enough to destroy all of you and Aaron as well. So I prayed for you and Aaron as I had done before, and this time the LORD answered my prayers.

Deuteronomy 9:25

After you had made the idol in the shape of a calf, the LORD said he was going to destroy you. So I bowed down in front of the sacred tent for forty days and nights,

Deuteronomy 9:9

It happened during those forty days and nights that I was on the mountain, without anything to eat or drink. He had told me to come up there so he could give me the agreement he made with us. And this agreement was actually the same Ten Commandments he had announced to you when he spoke from the fire on the mountain. The LORD had written them on two flat stones with his own hand. But after giving me the two stones,