Matthew 4:7

Jesus answered, “As Scripture also says, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”

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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 really are the son of God, then throw yourself off,” he told Jesus. “As Scripture says, ‘He will order his angels to save you from harm. They will catch you so that you won't fall by tripping over a stone.’”

8Then the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in all their glory.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:2Some of them came and complained to Moses, saying, “Give us water to drink!” “Why are you complaining to me?” Moses asked. “Why are you trying to challenge the Lord?”

Numbers 14:22not a single one of the those who saw my glory and the miracles I did in Egypt and in the desert—but provoked me and refused to obey me time and time again —

Psalms 78:18They deliberately provoked God by demanding the foods they longed for.

Psalms 78:56But they provoked God Most High, rebelling against him. They did not follow what he had told them.

Psalms 106:14They were filled with desperate cravings in the wilderness; they provoked God in the desert.

Malachi 3:15From now on we'll say that the proud are blessed. Evil people do well, and nothing happens when they dare God to punish them.”

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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