Luke 4:12
“It is written in Scripture, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God,’” Jesus replied.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
In Context
11holding you up to protect you from stumbling over a stone.’”
13When the devil had completed all his temptations, he waited for another opportunity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16Don't test the Lord your God like you did at Massah.
Psalms 106:14They were filled with desperate cravings in the wilderness; they provoked God in the desert.
Matthew 4:7Jesus answered, “As Scripture also says, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
Hebrews 3:8don't have a hard-hearted attitude like the time you rebelled against him, when you tested him 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 →