Nem só de pão vive o homem
'Nem só de pão vive o homem' — essa declaração de Jesus ao diabo no deserto revela que a Palavra de Deus é o verdadeiro alimento que sustenta a vida em plenitude.
O verdadeiro alimento
Quando tentado a transformar pedras em pão, Jesus respondeu com a Escritura: a vida humana depende de toda palavra que sai da boca de Deus.
Which answered, and said to him, It is written, Not only in bread liveth man, but in each word that cometh forth of God’s mouth, [or A man liveth not in bread alone, but in every word that cometh forth from the mouth of God].
And the devil said to him, If thou art God’s Son, say to this stone, that it be made bread.
And Jesus answered to him, It is written, That a man liveth not in bread alone, but in every word of God.
And he tormented thee with neediness, and he gave to thee meat, manna to eat, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not, that he should show to thee, that a man liveth not in bread alone, but in each word that cometh out of the Lord’s mouth.
Jesus, o pão vivo
Jesus é o pão da vida que desceu do céu. Quem come deste pão viverá para sempre. Ele é o sustento que satisfaz a fome da alma.
And Jesus said to them, I am bread of life; he that cometh to me, shall not hunger; and he that believeth in me, shall never thirst.
I am [the] bread of life.
I am living bread, that came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live without end. And the bread that I shall give, is my flesh for the life of the world.
As my Father living sent me, and I live for the Father, and he that eateth me, he shall live for me.
This is bread, that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers ate manna, and be dead; he that eateth this bread, shall live without end.
Buscar o Reino acima de tudo
Não andeis ansiosos pelo que comer ou beber. Buscai primeiro o Reino de Deus, e todas estas coisas vos serão acrescentadas.
Therefore I say to you, that ye be not busy to your life, what ye shall eat; nor to your body, with what ye shall be clothed. Whether life is not more than meat, and the body more than the cloth?
And do not ye seek, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; and do not ye be raised on high.
For folks of the world seek all these things; and your Father knoweth, that ye have need to all these things.
Nevertheless seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be cast to you.
In the meanwhile his disciples prayed him, and said, Master [or Rabbi], eat.
But he said to them, I have meat to eat, that ye know not.
Therefore the disciples said together, Whether any man hath brought him meat to eat?
Jesus saith to them, My meat is that I do the will of him that sent me, [and] that I perform the work of him.
For the fig tree shall not flower, and burgeoning shall not be in vineyards; the work of [the] olive tree shall lie down, and fields shall not bring forth meat; a sheep shall be cut away from the fold, a drove shall not be in cratches.
Forsooth I shall have joy in the Lord, and I shall make joy without-forth in God my Jesus or my salvation.
God the Lord is my strength, and he shall put my feet as of harts; and [up] on mine high things, the over-comer shall lead forth me, singing in psalms.