In particular, Bible translators, too, sometimes think that Deuteronomy 8:3 and Matthew 4:4 must match exactly, so they change their translation of Deuteronomy 8:3. This is why the NRSV translation of Deuteronomy 8:3 reads, “one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord,” relegating the more accurate “by anything that the Lord decrees” to a footnote. The motivation seems to have been to make Deuteronomy and Matthew match more closely than they actually do. But the editors have thus done a terrible disservice to their readers. The translation—and most
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