Luke 4:12
And Jesus answering said to him — 'It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
Young's Literal Translation
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 they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.'
13And having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from him till a convenient season.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16'Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;
Psalms 106:14And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.
Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
Hebrews 3:8ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation 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 →