Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
Mark 8:11 - English Standard Version 2016 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Pharisees came and began to argue with and question Him, demanding from Him a sign (an attesting miracle from heaven) [maliciously] to test Him. American Standard Version (1901) And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, trying him. Common English Bible The Pharisees showed up and began to argue with Jesus. To test him, they asked for a sign from heaven. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Pharisees went out and began to contend with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, testing him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him. |
Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’”
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,
But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”
And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”
So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?
This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents,
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.