Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, Again, it is written,—Thou shalt not put to the test, the Lord thy God.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

In Context

6and saith to him—If thou art God’s, Son, cast thyself down,—for it is written, To his messengers, will he give charge concerning thee; and, on hands, will they bear thee up, lest once thou strike, against a stone, thy foot.

8Again, the adversary taketh him with him, into an exceeding high mountain,—and pointeth out to him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

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Cross References

Exodus 17:2And the people found fault with Moses, and said—Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why should ye find fault with me? Why should ye put Yahweh to the proof?

Numbers 14:22Verily, none of the men who have been beholding my glory and my signs, which I have done in Egypt and in the desert,—and have put me to the proof these ten times, and have not hearkened unto my voice,

Psalms 78:18They put GOD to the proof in their heart, By asking food to their mind:

Psalms 78:56But they tested and resisted God Most High, And, his testimonies, did not observe;

Psalms 106:14But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste.

Malachi 3:15Now, therefore, we are pronouncing happy—the proud,—and, the doers of lawlessness have, even been built up, and, they who have put God to the proof, have even been delivered.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12

The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →

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