Luke 4:12
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And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
In other translations
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Greek words
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Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Greek New Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Words marked TR or NA appear in only one of the two main Greek texts.
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 6:16Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
- Hebrews 3:8-98 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.8 do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, 9 where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
- Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
- Matthew 4:7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- Psalm 106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
- Psalm 95:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
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