Luke 4:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

Jesus answered, “The Scriptures also say, ‘Don't try to test the Lord your God!’ ”

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so don't try to make him prove that he can help you, as you did at Massah.

And don't try to test Christ, as some of them did and were later bitten by poisonous snakes.

Jesus answered, “The Scriptures also say, ‘Don't try to test the Lord your God!’ ”

See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it.”

For forty years they tested God and saw the things he did.

They became greedy for food and tested you there in the desert.

After the devil had finished testing Jesus in every way possible, he left him for a while.