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Luke 4:2

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

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

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BSB
where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
KJV
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
WEB
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
ASV
during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.
DARBY
forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.
BLB
being tempted forty days by the devil. And He ate nothing in those days, and [on] their having ended, He was hungry.
ÅB
og i førti dager fristet av djevelen. Og han spiste intet i de dager, og da de var til ende, ble han hungrig.
OTB
hvor han i førti dager ble fristet av djevelen. Han spiste ingenting i de dagene, og da de var over, ble han sulten.
B1930
og i firti dager fristet av djevelen. Og han åt intet i de dager, og da de var til ende, blev han hungrig.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 34:28

    And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

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  • Hebrews 4:15

    For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

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  • 1 Kings 19:8

    And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:9

    When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

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  • Hebrews 2:18

    For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:18

    And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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  • John 4:6

    Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

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  • Matthew 4:2

    And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

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