Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

8Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

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Cross References

Exodus 17:2So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

Numbers 14:22Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

Psalms 78:18Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

Psalms 78:56But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;

Psalms 106:14They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

Malachi 3:15And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

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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