Matthew 4:2

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After fasting for forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

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  • Exod 34:28 : 28 Moses was there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
  • 1 Kgs 19:8 : 8 So he got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
  • Deut 9:9 : 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.
  • Deut 9:18 : 18 Then I fell down before the LORD as I had done before, for forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and provoking him to anger.
  • John 4:6 : 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  • Heb 2:14-17 : 14 Since the children share in flesh and blood, He too likewise partook of the same, so that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death—that is, the devil. 15 and might free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels He helps, but He helps the offspring of Abraham. 17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in service to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
  • Exod 24:18 : 18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
  • Deut 9:25 : 25 So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, just as I had done before, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
  • Matt 21:18 : 18 Early in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
  • Mark 11:12 : 12 The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, he was hungry.
  • Luke 4:2 : 2 where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, He was hungry.

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  • Luke 4:1-5
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    92%

    1Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

    2where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, He was hungry.

    3The devil said to Him, 'If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.'

    4But Jesus answered him, 'It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'

    5Then the devil led Him up to a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant.

  • Matt 4:3-7
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    84%

    3Then the tempter approached Him and said, 'If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.'

    4But He answered, 'It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'

    5Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.

    6He said to Him, 'If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down, for it is written: He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.'

    7Jesus said to him, 'Again it is written: You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'

  • Matt 4:1
    81%

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

  • Mark 1:12-13
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    12Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

    13He was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels ministered to him.

  • Luke 4:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12Jesus answered him, 'It is said: You shall not test the Lord your God.'

    13When the devil had finished all this testing, he left Him until an opportune time.

  • Mark 11:12
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    12The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, he was hungry.

  • Matt 21:18
    74%

    18Early in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.

  • Luke 4:9
    73%

    9Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, 'If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.'

  • 1 Kgs 19:8
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    8So he got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Matt 4:11
    72%

    11Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

  • Luke 6:3
    71%

    3Jesus answered them, "Have you not even read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

  • Acts 10:10
    71%

    10He became very hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, he fell into a trance.

  • Luke 15:14
    71%

    14After he had spent everything, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

  • Exod 34:28
    70%

    28Moses was there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

  • Ps 107:5
    70%

    5Hungry and thirsty, their souls grew faint within them.

  • Mark 8:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1During those days, a very large crowd gathered, and since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them,

    2I feel compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat.

  • Mark 6:35
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    35By this time it was late in the day, so His disciples came to Him and said, 'This is a remote place, and it’s already very late.'

  • John 4:31-33
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    31Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, saying, "Rabbi, eat something."

    32But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about."

    33So the disciples said to one another, "Could someone have brought him something to eat?"

  • Acts 27:33
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    33As daylight was about to break, Paul urged them all to eat, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you have eaten nothing.

  • Matt 12:3
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    3He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

  • Matt 25:42
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    42For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink;

  • Deut 8:3-4
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    3He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers knew, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

    4Your clothing did not wear out, nor did your feet swell during these forty years.

  • Deut 9:9
    69%

    9When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.

  • Gen 43:1
    68%

    1Now the famine was severe in the land.

  • Ps 109:24
    68%

    24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body has grown thin and gaunt.

  • Matt 4:9
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    9And he said to Him, 'All these I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.'

  • Luke 15:16-17
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    16He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

    17But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger!

  • Mark 8:4
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    4The disciples answered him, 'Where can anyone get enough bread to satisfy these people here in this deserted place?'

  • Matt 15:32
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    32Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint on the way.”

  • Mark 2:25
    68%

    25Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

  • Luke 9:12
    68%

    12As the day was coming to an end, the twelve approached him and said, 'Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.'

  • Matt 14:15
    67%

    15When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, 'This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.'

  • Ps 78:18
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    18They tested God in their hearts by demanding the food they craved.

  • Matt 12:40
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    40For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

  • Mark 6:42
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    42They all ate and were satisfied.