Luke 4:12
Jesus answering, said to him, "It is said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
New Heart English Bible
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,'On their hands they will bear you up,lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"
13When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
Psalms 106:14but gave in to craving in the desert,and tested God in the wasteland.
Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"
Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,like as in the day of the trial 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 →