Some Pharisees approached him, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?”
The Pharisees and Sadducees came and, to test him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
and one of them [a scholar of the law] tested him by asking,
The Pharisees approached and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him.
They sent some Pharisees and Herodians to him to ensnare him in his speech.
Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius to look at.”
They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.
To the married, however, I give this instruction (not I, but the Lord): A wife should not separate from her husband
where your ancestors tested and tried me and saw my works