"And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." — Luke 4:12

Luke 4:12 · KJV

“And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”

— Luke 4:12

Verse 11

And in {their} hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Verse 13

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

Luke 4 — Context

For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

And in {their} hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:16

Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted {him} in Massah.

Hebrews 3:8-9

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Matthew 4:7

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. {tempt: or, try, or, put to trial, or, proof}

Psalms 95:9

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

Malachi 3:15

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, {they that} tempt God are even delivered. {are set up: Heb. are built}

Psalms 106:14

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. {lusted...: Heb. lusted a lust}