Luke 4:12
In answer Jesus said to him: “The statement stands, ‘You shall not test the Lord your God!’”
Family 35 New Testament
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 carry you along on their hands, so you do not stub your foot on a stone.’”
13Having finished every test, the devil departed from Him until an opportune time.
Cross References
Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, “It is also written: ‘You shall not test the Lord your God!’”
Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, during the time of the testing in the desert,
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 →