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Graphic-novel illustration of the designed Jesus seated hungry in the wilderness while the approved hairless, slate-gray winged tempter indicates stones nearby.
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Matthew 4:1-4

Not by Bread Alone

Tempted, Then Calling Disciples · Matthew 4

Story guide: After fasting, Jesus answers the tempter by trusting every word that comes from God.

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1Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.

2And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

3And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

4But he answered, “It is written: ‘Man will not live by bread alone, but by every word proceeding through the mouth of God.’”

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