When your fathers tempted me, they proved me; also they saw my works.
Luke 20:23 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 And having perceived their craft, he said to them, Why tempt ye me? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But He recognized and understood their cunning and unscrupulousness and said to them, American Standard Version (1901) But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Common English Bible Since Jesus recognized their deception, he said to them, Catholic Public Domain Version But realizing their deceitfulness, he said to them: "Why do you test me? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he considering their guile, said to them: Why tempt you me? |
When your fathers tempted me, they proved me; also they saw my works.
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.
But Jesus, having known their evil, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?
And having observed narrowly, they sent liers-in-wait, feigning themselves to be just, that they might seize upon his word, to deliver him to the beginning and authority of the leader.
Show me drachma. Whose image and inscription has it? And having answered they said, Caesar's.
And Jesus having known their reflections, having answered, said to them, What do ye reason with yourselves in your hearts?
And he knew their reflections, and said to the man having the withered hand, Arise, and stand in the midst. And having risen, he stood.
O, full of deceit, and all dexterity, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, Wilt thou cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
Neither should we tempt Christ, as also some of them tempted, and were destroyed by serpents.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written, He seizing the wise in their deceptions.
That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit;
And there is no creation invisible before him: and all things naked and exposed, neck and face to view, to the eyes of him with whom to us is the word.