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If not by bread alone then by what?

Matthew 4:4 (also Luke 4:4) is among the most famous Bible quotations: “Man shall not live on bread alone” (NIV2011) or, better, “one does not live on bread alone.” But if not on bread, then what?

What’s interesting is that there are two completely different answers.
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March 29, 2011 Posted by Joel H. | translation practice | Bible, Bible translation, Deuteronomy 8:3, Luke 4:4, Matthew 4:4, translation | 7 Comments

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