Matthew 4:2

New International Reader's Version

After 40 days and 40 nights of going without eating, Jesus was hungry.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:8

So he got up. He ate and drank. The food gave him new strength. He traveled for 40 days and 40 nights. He kept going until he arrived at Horeb. It was the mountain of God.

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.

Exodus 34:28

Moses was there with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights. He didn’t eat any food or drink any water. The Lord wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant law. Those words are the Ten Commandments.

Matthew 21:18

Early in the morning, Jesus was on his way back to Jerusalem. He was hungry.

Matthew 25:35

I was hungry. And you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty. And you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger. And you invited me in.

Matthew 25:42

I was hungry. But you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty. But you gave me nothing to drink.

Mark 11:12

The next day as Jesus and his disciples were leaving Bethany, they were hungry.

Luke 4:2

There the devil tempted him for 40 days. Jesus ate nothing during that time. At the end of the 40 days, he was hungry.

John 4:6

Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from the journey. So he sat down by the well. It was about noon.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you. He will be one of their own people. I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him to say.

Deuteronomy 9:18

Then once again I fell down flat in front of the Lord with my face toward the ground. I lay there for 40 days and 40 nights. I didn’t eat any food or drink any water. You had committed a terrible sin. You had done an evil thing in the Lord’s sight. You had made him angry.

Deuteronomy 9:25

I lay down in front of the Lord with my face toward the ground for 40 days and 40 nights. I did it because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:9

I went up the mountain. I went there to receive the tablets of the covenant law. They were made out of stone. It was the covenant the Lord had made with you. I stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights. I didn’t eat any food or drink any water.