Luke 4:12

The reply of Jesus was, "It is said, `Thou shalt not put the Lord they God to the proof.'"

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 shall bear thee up, Lest at any moment thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'"

13So the Devil, having fully tried every kind of temptation on Him, left Him for a time.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:7"Again it is written," replied Jesus, "`Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the proof.'"

Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts as your forefathers did in the time of the provocation on the day of the temptation 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 →

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