Luke 4:12

And Jesus answered, and said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt thy Lord God, [or It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God], (or Thou shalt not test the Lord thy God).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 that they shall take thee in (their) hands, lest peradventure thou hurt thy foot at [or on] a stone.

13And when every temptation was ended, the fiend [or the devil] went away from him for a time. (And when every test was ended, the Devil went away from him for a while.)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:16Thou shalt not tempt thy Lord God, as thou temptedest him in the place of tempting. (Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedest him at Massah.)

Psalms 106:14And they coveted covetousness in desert (or And they were utterly insatiable in the wilderness); and tempted God in a place without water.

Matthew 4:7Again Jesus said to him, It is written, Thou shalt not tempt thy Lord God, [or Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God], (or Thou shalt not test the Lord thy God).

Hebrews 3:8do not ye harden your hearts, as in (the) wrathing, like the day of temptation in (the) desert; (do not harden your hearts, like in the rebellion, like on 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 →

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