Luke 4:12
And Jesus, answering, said to him—It is said: Thou shalt not put to the test the Lord thy God.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 hands, will they take thee up, lest once thou strike, against a stone, thy foot.
13And, having concluded every temptation, the adversary departed from him until a fitting season.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16Ye shall not put Yahweh your God to the proof,—as ye put him to the proof in Massah [that is, "The place of proving"].
Psalms 106:14But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste.
Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, Again, it is written,—Thou shalt not put to the test, the Lord thy God.
Hebrews 3:8harden your hearts,—as in the embitterment, in the day of testing in the desert,
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 →