Luke 4:12

And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been said, ‘ You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

English Majority Text (NT)

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, 1 ‘ In their hands they shall bear you up, 1 lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”

13Now when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from Him for a season. 1 The Beginning of Jesus' Ministry in Galilee

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Cross References

Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘ You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

Hebrews 3:8Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, 1 in the day of testing in the wilderness, 1

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 →

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