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Matthew 4:7
Matthew 4:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”
Context of Matthew 4:7
5Then the devil takes him to the holy city, and sets him upon the edge of the temple, 6and says to him, If thou be Son of God cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee, and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in anywise thou strike thy foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God. 8Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory, 9and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.
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Cross-references for Matthew 4:7
- Matthew 4:4But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.
- Matthew 21:16and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
- Matthew 22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
- Isaiah 8:20To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.
- Exodus 17:2And the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink! And Moses said to them, Why do ye dispute with me? Why do ye tempt Jehovah?
- Numbers 14:22for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,
- Deuteronomy 6:16Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- Psalms 78:18And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
- Psalms 95:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
- Psalms 106:14And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
- Malachi 3:15And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.
- Acts 5:9And Peter said to her, Why [is it] that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of [the] Lord? Lo, the feet of those that have buried thy husband [are] at the door, and they shall carry thee out.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.
- Hebrews 3:9where your fathers tempted [me], by proving [me], and saw my works forty years.
Commentaries on Matthew 4:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou shalt not tempt - To expose myself to any danger naturally destructive, with the vain presumption that God will protect and defend me from the ruinous consequences of my imprudent conduct, is to tempt God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Jesus said unto him, It is written again - Again the Saviour replied to Satan by a text of Scripture - a passage which expressly forbade an act like this. Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God - This is quoted literally from Deuteronomy 6:16. The meaning is, thou shalt not try him; or, thou shalt not, by throwing thyself into voluntary and uncommanded dangers, appeal to God for protection, or trifle with the promises made to those who are thrown into…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7It is also written: Jesus responded to the devil's use of Scripture by emphasizing a more important principle (honoring God) which the devil ignored.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Jesus said unto him, It is written again--(De 6:16), as if he should say, "True, it is so written, and on that promise I implicitly rely; but in using it there is another Scripture which must not be forgotten." Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God--"Preservation in danger is divinely pledged: shall I then create danger, either to put the promised security skeptically to the proof, or wantonly to demand a display of it? That were 'to tempt the Lord my…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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