Luke 4:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² 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)

¹² And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

Common English Bible

¹² Jesus answered, “It’s been said, Don’t test the Lord your God.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And in response, Jesus said to him, "It is said: 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.' "

Luke 4:12 Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:16

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

1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents.

Matthew 4:7

Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Malachi 3:15

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and are delivered.

Psalm 95:9

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

Psalm 106:14

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.

Luke 4:13

And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a season.