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.
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Jerome
AD 420
But thou art caught, O Enemy, in a dilemma. If these stones can be made bread at His word, your temptation is vain against one so mighty. If He cannot make them bread, your suspicions that this is the Son of God must be vain.
Christ’s purpose was to vanquish by humility;
