Life in Nature Needs Varied Elements for Sustenance
Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.


It is like saying that a tree cannot live merely upon water. It needs other elements which the rich earth must give.

(Phillips Brooks.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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




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