Luke 4:12
And Jesus replied and said to him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
In Context
11and in their arms will they sustain thee, lest thou strike thy foot against a stone.
13And when the Calumniator had finished all his temptations, he departed from him for a time.
Cross References
Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him: It is moreover written, that thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Hebrews 3:8harden not your hearts to anger him, like the provocators, and as in 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 →