Luke 4:12
And Iesus answered, and said vnto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
In Context
13And when the deuil had ended all the tentation, he departed from him for a litle season.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye did tempt him in Massah:
Psalms 106:14But lusted with concupiscence in the wildernes, and tempted God in the desert.
Matthew 4:7Iesus saide vnto him, It is written againe, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Hebrews 3:8Harden not your hearts, as in the prouocation, according to the day of the tentation in the wildernes,
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 →