Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him again, “It has been written: You will not tempt the LORD your God.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6and says to Him, “If You are the Son of God—cast Yourself down, for it has been written that, His messengers He will charge concerning you, and on hands they will bear you up, that you may not dash your foot on a stone.”

8Again the Devil takes Him to a very high mountain, and shows to Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

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Cross References

Exodus 17:2and the people strive with Moses, and say, “Give us water, and we drink.” And Moses says to them, “Why do you strive with me? Why do you try YHWH?”

Numbers 14:22for all the men who are seeing My glory and My signs which I have done in Egypt and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not listened to My voice—

Psalms 78:18And they try God in their heart, || To ask food for their lust.

Psalms 78:56And they tempt and provoke God Most High, || And have not kept His testimonies.

Psalms 106:14And they lust greatly in a wilderness, || And try God in a desert.

Malachi 3:15And now, we are declaring the proud blessed, || Indeed, those doing wickedness have been built up, || Indeed, they have tempted 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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