Luke 4:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And Jesus answered him, “It is said [Deut. 6:16], ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Jesus replied to him, [The Scripture] says, You shall not tempt (try, test exceedingly) the Lord your God. [Deut. 6:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Jesus answered, “It’s been said, Don’t test the Lord your God.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And in response, Jesus said to him, "It is said: 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 4:12 Cross References

Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, “It is also written [Deut. 6:16], ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Luke 4:13

And when the devil had finished every test, he left Jesus until a [later] time.

1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither should we put the Lord to a test as some of them did, and were killed by snake bites [See Num. 21:5ff]