12 Bible Verses about Testing Christ
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Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.
And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:
Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?"
Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, "Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?
But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."
and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.
