Matthew 4:4

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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 4:4 Ὀ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Γέγραπται, Οὐκ ἐπ' ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι ἐκπορευομένῳ διὰ στόματος θεοῦ. (Checked)

(Textus Receptus, Novum Testamentum, Theodore Beza, 5th major edition. Geneva. 1598)

Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

(King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition 1900)

Matthew 4:4 But He replied and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”

(King James Version 2016 Edition, 2016) - buy the revised and updated printed 2023 Edition New Testament here

Interlinear

Commentary

Matthew 4:4 is the fourth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.

Jesus, who has been fasting in the desert, has just been encouraged by Satan to make bread from stones to relieve his hunger, in this verse he rejects this idea.

Jesus rebuts Satan's advances by quoting scripture. The verse mentioned is from Deuteronomy 8:3. In its original context the verse is describing how while wandering through the wilderness in Exodus the Israelites lacked food. Despite God's promises they complained and worried about their hunger, but in the end God provided manna to feed them all. This same reply is also quoted in Luke 4:4, though in Luke it is somewhat abbreviated not containing "but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." While the quote seems to use the exact wording of the Greek Septuagint, but this, and many other verses seem to be before New Testament, but were almost certainly copied from the NT and inserted into the OT text of the LXX. By replying with nothing but quotes from scripture Jesus illustrates his perfect detachment from everything except God's will.

Jesus rejects Satan's idea, and uses nothing but a word of scripture as his argument. God's word would not literally make up for not having any food. Instead it is a question of priority. If the Father instructed Jesus to fast in the desert, then it is that word that must be followed and it takes priority over any feelings such as hunger. But if the Father wanted to feed Jesus, it was no problem for Him to do so.

There are a number of explanations for why Satan attempted to have Jesus turn stones into bread and why it was important that Jesus refuse. The act of using God's powers to create bread is not in itself wrong, as demonstrated in Matthew 14 and 15 where Jesus actually does perform this miracle. In the Middle Ages it became common to argue that Satan was simply tempting Christ into gluttony. Most modern scholars do not accept this view. Satan was testing Jesus' understanding of his role rather than luring him into evil. Calling someone who has fasted for forty days gluttonous because they want food is not very fair. Most modern scholars thus reject the sin explanation. Another view that was popular for a time was that this represented Jesus rejecting the role of the "economic messiah," that in this verse he demonstrates that it is not his role to feed the hungry of the world, but rather to provide spiritual sustenance. The most popular view today is that this passage echoes the history of Israel. The quote itself comes from the part of the Old Testament describing the period after the Exodus when the Israelites were wandering hungry in the wilderness and complaining about their hunger. This verse is seen to demonstrate that Jesus does not make the same mistake they did and accepts that God will ensure his provision.

The phrase "man shall not live by bread alone" is today a common expression meaning that people need more than material things to truly live. However, in secular circles, it is also sometimes used in almost the opposite sense to justify materials luxuries beyond simple things like bread. Man here is neuter gender.

Greek

Textus Receptus

1514 (Complutensian Polyglot)

Desiderius Erasmus

1516 (Erasmus 1st Novum Instrumentum omne)
1519 (Erasmus 2nd)
1522 (Erasmus 3rd Novum Testamentum omne)
1527 (Erasmus 4th)
1535 (Erasmus 5th)

Colinæus

1534 (Colinæus)

Stephanus (Robert Estienne)

1546 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 1st)
1549 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 2nd)
1550 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 3rd - Editio Regia)
1551 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 4th)

Theodore Beza

1565 (Beza 1st)
1565 (Beza Octavo 1st)
1567 (Beza Octavo 2nd)
1580 (Beza Octavo 3rd)
1582 (Beza 2nd)
1589 (Beza 3rd)
1590 (Beza Octavo 4th)
1598 (Beza 4th)

Matthew 4:4 in Beza's 1598 Greek New Testament

See Also Matthew 4:4 Beza 1598 (Beza)

1604 (Beza Octavo 5th)

Elzevir

1624 (Elzevir)
1633 (Elzevir)
1641 (Elzevir)

Scholz

1841 (Scholz)

Scrivener

1894 (? ????? ???T???)

Other Greek

1857 (Tregelles' Greek New Testament)
(Tischendorf 8th Ed.)
1881 (Westcott & Hort)
(Greek orthodox Church)

Anglo Saxon Translations

1000 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Manuscript 140, Corpus Christi College by Aelfric)

1200 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Hatton Manuscript 38, Bodleian Library by unknown author)

English Translations

1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1395 Which answeride, and seide to hym, It is writun, Not oonli in breed luyeth man, but in ech word that cometh of Goddis mouth. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1534 He answered and sayde: yt is wrytten man shall not lyve by brede onlye but by every worde yt proceadeth out of the mouth of God. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)
1535 He answered & sayde: yt is wrytte: Man shall not lyue by bred onlye, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God. (Coverdale Bible)
1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1540 But he answered and sayde: it is wrytten, man shall not lyue by bread onlye, but by euery worde þt proceadeth out of the mouth of God. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1549 He aunswered and said: it is written, man shall not lyue by breade onlye, but by euerye worde that procedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)
1557 (Geneva 1557) by William Whittingham
1560
1568 But he aunswered, and sayde, it is written: Man shall not lyue by breade only, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God. (Bishop's Bible First Edition)
1572 (Bishop's Bible)
1582 (Rheims 1582)
1587 But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not liue by bread onely, but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1611 But he answered, and said, It is written, Man shall not liue by bread alone, but by euery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (King James Version)
1729 but Jesus answered him, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every thing that God shall prescribe." (Mace New Testament)
1745 But Jesus answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)
1762 (King James Version)
1769 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)
1770 but He answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live upon bread only, but on whatever proceedeth from the mouth of God." (Worsley Version by John Worsley)
1790 But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)
1795 But he answering said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)
1833 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)
1835 Jesus answering, said, It is written, "Man lives not by bread only, but by everything which God is pleased to appoint." (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)
1849 But he answered and said, It is written that not by bread alone liveth the Son of man, but by every word which proceedeth from the mouth of Aloha. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)
1850 (King James Version by Committee)
1851 But he replied, and said: It is written, that not by bread only, doth man live; but by every word proceeding from the mouth of God. (Murdock Translation)
1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society
1858 And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)
1865 He but answering said: It is written: Not by bread alone shall live a man; but by every word proceeding from mouth of God. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)
1865 But he answering said: It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)
1869 But he answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God." (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)
1873 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)
1885 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)
1890 But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)
1898 But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.' (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)
1901 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)
1902 But, he, answering, said, It is written,––Not on bread alone, shall man live, but on every declaration coming forth through the mouth of God. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)
1902 And He responding said; It has been written, A man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word coming forth through the mouth of God. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)
1904 But He, answering, said, "It has been written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)
1904 But Jesus answered: "Scripture says—'It is not on bread alone that man is to live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)
1911 (Syrus Scofield)
1912 (Weymouth New Testament)
1918 But he answered and said: It is written: Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes forth through the mouth of God. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)
1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)
1982 (New King James Version) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
1984 (New International Version)(NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®
1995 (New American Standard Bible) NASB (©1995)
1999 (American King James Version)AKJV
2000 (King James 2000 Bible©)
2005 (Today’s New International Version)
(BBE)
2009 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)(HCSB) Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
(21st Century King James Version) Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc.
(Common English Bible) Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible
(GOD’S WORD Translation)(GW) Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
(Contemporary English Version)(CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society
(New Living Translation)(NLT) Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation.
(Amplified Bible) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
(The Message) (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson
(New International Reader's Version) (NIRV) Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc.®.
(Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Afrikaans

1933 (Ta Biblia Ta Logia - J. D. du Toit, E. E. van Rooyen, J. D. Kestell, H. C. M. Fourie, and BB Keet
1953
1982 Paraphrase - Die Lewende Bybel, Christelike Uitgewersmaatskappy (CUM)
1982 South African Bible Society - E. P. Groenewald, A. H. van Zyl, P. A. Verhoef, J. L. Helberg, and W. Kempen
1983 © Bybelgenootskap van Suid Afrika
2001 The Nuwe Wêreld-vertaling van die Heilige Skrif is an Afrikaans translation of the 1984 English translation of the Bible by the Watchtower Society.
2002 Die Boodskap
2002 DieBybel@Kinders.co.za - Gert Prinsloo, Phil Botha, Willem Boshoff, Hennie Stander, Dirk Human, Stephan Joubert, and Jan van der Watt.
2006 The Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (literally "New Living Translation")
2008 Bybel vir Almal - South African Bible Society, Bart Oberholzer, Bernard Combrink, Hermie van Zyl, Francois Tolmie, Christo van der Merwe, Rocco Hough en Elmine Roux.
2014 Direct Translation, South African Bible Society
2014 Afrikaans Standard Version, CUM Books

1973 Amuzgo de Guerrero (AMU) Copyright © 1973, 1999 by La Liga Biblica
1999

Armenian

Arabic

1516
1591
1616
1622
1671 Biblia Arabica. de propaganda fide. Arabic and Latin Bible printed in Rome by Abraham Ecchellensis and Louis Maracci
فاجاب وقال مكتوب ليس بالخبز وحده يحيا الانسان بل بكل كلمة تخرج من فم الله. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)
1988 Arabic Life Application Bible (ALAB) Copyright © 1988 by Biblica
2009 Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-AR) Copyright © 2009 by World Bible Translation Center

Aramaic/Syriac

ܗܘ ܕܝܢ ܥܢܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܟܬܝܒ ܕܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܒܠܚܡܐ ܒܠܚܘܕ ܚܝܐ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܐܠܐ ܒܟܠ ܡܠܐ ܕܢܦܩܐ ܡܢ ܦܘܡܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

1571 Baina harc ihardesten çuela erran ceçan, Scribatua duc, Ezta guiçona ogui beretic vicico, baina Iaincoaren ahotic ilkiten den hitz orotaric.

Bulgarian

1940 А Той в отговор каза: Писано е: "Не само с хляб ще живее човек, но с всяко слово, което излиза от Божиите уста. (1940 Bulgarian Bible)
А Той в отговор каза: Писано е: "Не само с хляб ще живее човек, но с всяко слово, което излиза от Божиите уста. (Матей 4:4) (Bulgarian Bible)

Cherokee

1860 Cherokee New Testament (CHR)

Chinese

1 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))
1 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))
4:4 (Chinese King James Version)

Croatian

Czech

1613

Danish

Dutch

1619

Mais lui, répondant, dit: il est écrit: "L'homme ne vivra pas de pain seulement, mais de toute parole qui sort de la bouche de Dieu".

(French Darby)

1744 Mais [Jésus] répondit, et dit : Il est écrit : L'homme ne vivra point de pain seulement, mais de toute parole qui sort de la bouche de Dieu. (Martin 1744)
1744 Mais Jésus répondit: Il est écrit: L'homme ne vivra pas de pain seulement, mais de toute parole qui sort de la bouche de Dieu. (Ostervald 1744)
1864 (Augustin Crampon)
1910
2006 (King James Française)

German

1545 Und er antwortete und sprach: Es stehet geschrieben: Der Mensch lebet nicht vom Brot alleine, sondern von einem jeglichen Wort, das durch den Mund Gottes gehet. (Luther 1545)
1871 Er aber antwortete und sprach: Es steht geschrieben: "Nicht von Brot allein soll der Mensch leben, sondern von jedem Worte, das durch den Mund Gottes ausgeht." (5. Mose 8,3) (Elberfelder 1871)
1912 Und er antwortete und sprach: Es steht geschrieben: "Der Mensch lebt nicht vom Brot allein, sondern von einem jeglichen Wort, das durch den Mund Gottes geht." (Luther 1912)

Greek

1904 (Greek Orthodox (B. Antoniades))
Modern Greek (Trinitarian Bible Society)

1649 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse: Egli è scritto: L’uomo non vive di pan solo, ma d’ogni parola che procede dalla bocca di Dio. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)
1927 Ma egli rispondendo disse: Sta scritto: Non di pane soltanto vivrà l’uomo, ma d’ogni parola che procede dalla bocca di Dio. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Kabyle

Khmer

1928

Latin

qui respondens dixit scriptum est non in pane solo vivet homo sed in omni verbo quod procedit de ore Dei Latin Vulgate
1527 (Erasmus 1527)
1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)
1565 (Beza)
1598 (Beza)

Latvian

Maori

1833
1837
1858
1868 (Formal translation based on the Greek 'Received Text': Trinitarian Bible Society)
1833
1952

Norwegian

1930

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Portugese

Potawatomi

1833 (Potawatomi Matthew and Acts)

Romainian

1551 (Slavic-Romanian Gospel)
1561 (Coresi's Gospel)
1570 (The Braşov Psalm Book) Psalms Only
1582 (Palia from Orăştie)
1648 (The New Testament of Alba Iulia)
1688 (Biblia de la Bucureşti - Bucharest Bible)
1911 (Nitzulescu - British and Foreign Bible Society)
1921 (Cornilescu)
1924 (Cornilescu - British and Foreign Bible Society)
1989 (Gute Botschaft Verlag)
2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna - Textus Receptus Based)
2013 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba română - based upon the Textus Receptus / King James Version)
2014 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba română - based upon the Textus Receptus / King James Version)
2014 (Cornilescu 90th anniversary definitive edition - British and Foreign Bible Society)
2015 Dar el a răspuns şi a zis: Estescris: Omul nu va trăi numai cupâine, ci cu fiecare cuvânt careiese din gura lui Dumnezeu. (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 Он же сказал ему в ответ: написано: не хлебом одним будет жить человек, но всяким словом, исходящим из уст Божиих. Russian Synodal Version
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Sanskrit

1851

Shur

Spanish

See Also Bible translations (Spanish)

1543 (Francisco de Enzinas New Testament)
1556 (Juan Perez de Pineda New Testament and book of Psalms)
1569 (Sagradas Escrituras)
1814 Valera Revision
1817 Valera Revision
1831 Valera Revision
1858 Reina Valera
1862 Valera Revision
1865 Valera Revision (American Bible Society Revisión)
1869 Valera Revision
1909 (Reina-Valera) Antigua Spanish Bible
1960 Versión Reina-Valera (Eugene Nida )
1987 Translation from English. Publisher: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
1994 Nuevo Testamento versión Recobro
1999 Nueva Versión Internacional (NVI)
2002 (1602 Purificada)
2009 Santa Biblia: Reina-Valera
1 (Reina Valera Gómez)

Swahili

Yesu akamjibu, "Imeandikwa katika Maandiko Matakatifu: Binadamu hataishi kwa mikate tu, ila kwa kila neno asemalo Mungu."

Swedish

1917 Men han svarade och sade: »Det är skrivet: 'Människan skall leva icke allenast av bröd, utan av allt det som utgår av Guds mun.'» (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Datapuwa't siya'y sumagot, at sinabi, Nasusulat, Hindi sa tinapay lamang mabubuhay ang tao, kundi sa bawa't salitang lumalabas sa bibig ng Dios. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Thai

(Thai KJV)

1878 (Hindustani Roman Script)
1938 (Urdu Revised Version. British and Foreign Bible Society, 1938)
2016 (Urdu Bible)

Vietnamese

1934 Ðức Chúa Jêsus đáp: Có lời chép rằng: Người ta sống chẳng phải chỉ nhờ bánh mà thôi, song nhờ mọi lời nói ra từ miệng Ðức Chúa Trời. (Ma-thi-ô 4:4 Vietnamese Bible) (VIET)

Welsh

1567 (William Salesbury, printed in 1567 by Humphrey Toy)
1588 (William Morgan)
1620 (William Morgan)
1824
1988 (New Welsh Bible)
2004
2011 (beibl.net 2011 by Arfon Jones)

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