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Is “Man does not live by bread alone” in the Bible?
Yes. “Man does not live by bread alone” comes from the Bible, from Deuteronomy 8:3. Moses says it to Israel, and Jesus quotes it to the devil when tempted to turn stones into bread.
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Where it is, and what it means there.
From the Bible
Yes. It comes from the Bible.
The verse is Deuteronomy 8:3.
Moses says it to Israel, and Jesus quotes it to the devil when tempted to turn stones into bread.
The verse
He humbled you, let you go hungry, and fed you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that a person does not live on bread alone, but a person lives on everything that comes from the mouth of Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 8:3 · open the chapter →
What it means there
God let Israel go hungry in the wilderness and fed them manna to teach them this: people live by what God says, not only by food.
Also in the Bible
But he answered, “It is written: ‘A person will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 4:4 · open the chapter →
Jesus answered him, “It is written: ‘A person will not live on bread alone.’”
Luke 4:4 · open the chapter →
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Is “Man does not live by bread alone” in the Bible?
Yes. “Man does not live by bread alone” comes from the Bible, from Deuteronomy 8:3. The saying is not word for word. It shortens or reshapes the verse. Moses says it to Israel, and Jesus quotes it to the devil when tempted to turn stones into bread.
Where in the Bible is “Man does not live by bread alone”?
In Deuteronomy 8:3, and also Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4. In the Lumin Translation, Deuteronomy 8:3 reads: “He humbled you, let you go hungry, and fed you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that a person does not live on bread alone, but a person lives on everything that comes from the mouth of Yahweh.”
Who said “Man does not live by bread alone”?
Moses says it to Israel, and Jesus quotes it to the devil when tempted to turn stones into bread.
What does “Man does not live by bread alone” mean in the Bible?
God let Israel go hungry in the wilderness and fed them manna to teach them this: people live by what God says, not only by food.
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