Luke 4:12
And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
In Context
11And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
13And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went away from him for a time.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.
Psalms 106:14They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.
Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
Hebrews 3:8Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,
Matthew Henry on Luke 4:2-14
The Temptation in the Wilderness. 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up… Read the whole commentary →