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Luke 4:12

Luke 4:12 is verse 12 of Luke chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Deuteronomy 6:16

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

Jesus answering, said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”

Luke 4:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully;

11 and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

12 But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

13 When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Deuteronomy 6:16
Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.

Psalms 95:9
where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

Psalms 106:14
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

Malachi 3:15
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

Matthew 4:7
Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

1 Corinthians 10:9
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

Hebrews 3:8
do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

Hebrews 3:9
where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.