12Jesus answered, "It says: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' "


In Context

9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down from here.

10 For it is written: " 'He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully;

11 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.' "

12 Jesus answered, "It says: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' "

13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.

Luke 4:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And Jesus answering, said to him: It is said: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12And Jesus answering, said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Jesus answering, said to him, |It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12And Jesus answering said to him — 'It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.