Matthew 4:2

World English Bible (2000)

When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

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  • Exod 34:28 : 28 He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
  • 1 Kgs 19:8 : 8 He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
  • Deut 9:9 : 9 When I was gone up onto the mountain to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.
  • Deut 9:18 : 18 I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.
  • John 4:6 : 6 Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  • Heb 2:14-17 : 14 Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For most certainly, he doesn't give help to angels, but he gives help to the seed of Abraham. 17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
  • Exod 24:18 : 18 Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
  • Deut 9:25 : 25 So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.
  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
  • Matt 21:18 : 18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
  • Mark 11:12 : 12 The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.
  • Luke 4:2 : 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

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  • Luke 4:1-5
    5 verses
    92%

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

    2for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

    3The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

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

    5The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

  • Matt 4:3-7
    5 verses
    84%

    3The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

    4But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"

    5Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

    6and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

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

  • Matt 4:1
    81%

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

  • Mark 1:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

    13He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

  • Luke 4:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

    13When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.

  • Mark 11:12
    74%

    12The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.

  • Matt 21:18
    74%

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

  • Luke 4:9
    73%

    9He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

  • 1 Kgs 19:8
    73%

    8He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.

  • Matt 4:11
    72%

    11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

  • Luke 6:3
    71%

    3Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;

  • Acts 10:10
    71%

    10He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.

  • Luke 15:14
    71%

    14When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

  • Exod 34:28
    70%

    28He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • Ps 107:5
    70%

    5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

  • Mark 8:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,

    2"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

  • Mark 6:35
    69%

    35When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.

  • John 4:31-33
    3 verses
    69%

    31In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."

    32But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you don't know about."

    33The disciples therefore said one to another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?"

  • Acts 27:33
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    33While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

  • Matt 12:3
    69%

    3But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

  • Matt 25:42
    69%

    42for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

  • Deut 8:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.

    4Your clothing didn't grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

  • Deut 9:9
    69%

    9When I was gone up onto the mountain to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.

  • Gen 43:1
    68%

    1The famine was severe in the land.

  • Ps 109:24
    68%

    24My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

  • Matt 4:9
    68%

    9He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

  • Luke 15:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

    16He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

    17But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger!

  • Mark 8:4
    68%

    4His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"

  • Matt 15:32
    68%

    32Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."

  • Mark 2:25
    68%

    25He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry--he, and those who were with him?

  • Luke 9:12
    68%

    12The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."

  • Matt 14:15
    67%

    15When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."

  • Ps 78:18
    67%

    18They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

  • Matt 12:40
    67%

    40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

  • Mark 6:42
    67%

    42They all ate, and were filled.