Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, Again it is written, Thou shall not challenge Lord thy God.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

In Context

6And he says to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He will command his agents about thee, and, They will take thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

8Again, the devil takes him onto an exceedingly high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:2Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do ye contend with me? Why do ye challenge LORD?

Numbers 14:22because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,

Psalms 78:18And they challenged God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

Psalms 78:56Yet they challenged and rebelled against the Most High God, and kept not his testimonies,

Psalms 106:14but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and challenged God in the desert.

Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy. Yea, those who work wickedness are built up. Yea, they challenge God, and escape.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12

The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 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. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →

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