Luke 4:12
"It has been said," replied Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord, thy God."
Montgomery 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
11"They will bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy food against a stone."
13So, after exhausting on him every kind of temptation, the devil left him for a time.
Cross References
Matthew 4:7"It is written again," answered Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
Hebrews 3:8Continue not to harden your hearts as in the Provocation, On the day of temptation 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 →