Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. I am sure this makes it evident that you will neither trust God nor nature unless all the art which luxury and wantonness can excogitate be added unto it. As Elkanah said to Hannah his wife, "Am not I better to thee than ten sons?" So let it run in your mind, as if the Lord spake it to you in your ear, "Am not I better unto thee than all the corn in the fields; than all the cattle upon a thousand hills; than all the cookery in the world that can be sweet upon the palate? What is bread? What is a plentiful table without My benediction?" (Bishop Hacket.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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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