Matthew 4:7

Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

8Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:2So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—

Psalms 78:18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

Psalms 78:56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

Psalms 106:14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test 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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