The Poverty of the Bread Standard of Life
E. H. Chaplin. Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. He discerns as much the glory of God in the miniature world revealed in a single drop of water, as in a great planet. One man is overawed by the solemn aspect of the mountain, and the glory of the forest waving with the breath of the summer breeze. Another wonders how many hundred acres of land there are and how much timber in it. That is all the universe is to him. So the characters of men are revealed according to their standard of valuation; and, I repeat, if a man's life is wholly down to the bread standard of life, he sees merely the material interests of this world. (E. H. Chaplin.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. WEB: But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"