Luke 4:12
But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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 they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
13When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
Psalms 106:14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
Matthew 4:7Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
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 →