Our ancestors became hungry in the desert.\par And they tested God in the wilderness.\par
Luke 4:12 - Easy To Read Version Jesus answered, “But it also says \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [66]} \}: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Our ancestors became hungry in the desert.\par And they tested God in the wilderness.\par
Your ancestors {\cf2\super [528]} tested me.\par They tested me,\par but then they saw what I could do!\par
We think proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They do bad things to test God’s patience—and God does not punish them.”
Jesus answered him, “It also says \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [51]} \},
The devil finished tempting Jesus in every way and went away to wait until a better time.
We should not test the Lord like some of those people did. They were killed by snakes \{because they tested the Lord\}.