Luke 4:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'"

New Living Translation
But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’”

English Standard Version
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’”

Berean Study Bible
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’ ”

New American Standard Bible
And Jesus answered him, “It is written: ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.’”

NASB 1995
And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.'"

NASB 1977
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.’”

Amplified Bible
Jesus replied to him, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE.’”

Christian Standard Bible
But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone. ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Jesus answered him, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "The Scriptures say, 'No one can live only on food.'"

Good News Translation
But Jesus answered, "The scripture says, 'Human beings cannot live on bread alone.'"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus answered him, "Scripture says, 'A person cannot live on bread alone.' "

International Standard Version
Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'One must not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.'"

NET Bible
Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

New King James Version
But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ”

King James 2000 Bible
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

New Heart English Bible
Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'"

World English Bible
Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"

American King James Version
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

American Standard Version
And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.

A Faithful Version
But Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. ' "

Darby Bible Translation
And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

English Revised Version
And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But Iesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not liue by bread only, but by euery word of God.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And Iesus aunswered hym, saying: It is written, that man shall not lyue by bread only, but by euery word of god.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And Iesus answered & sayde vnto hi: It is wrytten: Man shal not lyue by bred onely, but by euery worde of God.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And Iesus answered hym sayinge: It is writte: man shall not live by breed only but by every worde of God.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Jesus answered him, saying, “It has been written, that, Not on bread only will man live, but on every saying of God.”

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus answered to him, "It has been written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'"

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus answered him, saying, 'It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jesus answered to him saying, It has been written, That not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word of God.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And Jesus answered to him, It has been written, That man will not live upon bread alone, but upon every saying of God.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answered him: It is written, that Man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And Jesus answered him, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua answered and said to him, “It is written: a man does not live by bread alone, but by every utterance of God.”

Lamsa Bible
Jesus answered and said to him, It is written, That it is not by bread alone that man can live, but by every word of God.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And Jesus answered him, and said: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Godbey New Testament
And Jesus responded to him, saying; It has been written, That man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word of God.

Haweis New Testament
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, ?Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.?

Mace New Testament
but Jesus answered him, it is written, "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every thing that God appoints."

Weymouth New Testament
"It is written," replied Jesus, "'It is not on bread alone that a man shall live.'"

Worrell New Testament
And Jesus made answer to him, "It has been written, 'Not on bread alone shall man live.'"

Worsley New Testament
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, that man shall not live by bread only, but on every word of God.
















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