Matthew 4:4

Good News Translation

But Jesus answered, “The scripture says, ‘Human beings cannot live on bread alone, but need every word that God speaks.’”

Cross References

Exodus 16:15

When the Israelites saw it, they didn't know what it was and asked each other, “What is it?” Moses said to them, “This is the food that the Lord has given you to eat.

Exodus 16:35

The Israelites ate manna for the next forty years, until they reached the land of Canaan, where they settled. (

Exodus 16:8

Then Moses said, “It is the Lord who will give you meat to eat in the evening and as much bread as you want in the morning, because he has heard how much you have complained against him. When you complain against us, you are really complaining against the Lord.”

Exodus 23:15

In the month of Abib, the month in which you left Egypt, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the way that I commanded you. Do not eat any bread made with yeast during the seven days of this festival. Never come to worship me without bringing an offering.

Matthew 15:11

It is not what goes into your mouth that makes you ritually unclean; rather, what comes out of it makes you unclean.”

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus answered, “Go away, Satan! The scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him!’”

Matthew 4:7

Jesus answered, “But the scripture also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Mark 7:20

And he went on to say, “It is what comes out of you that makes you unclean.

Luke 4:12

But Jesus answered, “The scripture says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Luke 4:4

But Jesus answered, “The scripture says, ‘Human beings cannot live on bread alone.’”

Luke 4:8

Jesus answered, “The scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him!’”

John 15:26

“The Helper will come—the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God and who comes from the Father. I will send him to you from the Father, and he will speak about me.

John 6:63

What gives life is God's Spirit; human power is of no use at all. The words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving Spirit.

Romans 15:4

Everything written in the Scriptures was written to teach us, in order that we might have hope through the patience and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.

Ephesians 6:17

And accept salvation as a helmet, and the word of God as the sword which the Spirit gives you.

Deuteronomy 8:3

He made you go hungry, and then he gave you manna to eat, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did this to teach you that you must not depend on bread alone to sustain you, but on everything that the Lord says.