Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to him,
King James Version
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Holman Bible
Jesus told him,
International Standard Version
Jesus responded to him, "It is also written, "You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"
A Conservative Version
Jesus said to him, Again it is written, Thou shall not challenge Lord thy God.
American Standard Version
Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.
Amplified
Jesus said to him,
An Understandable Version
Jesus said to him, "It is also written [Deut. 6:16], 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
Anderson New Testament
Jesus said to him: It is again written, You shall not put the Lord your God to the proof.
Common New Testament
Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
Daniel Mace New Testament
Jesus replied, it is likewise written, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
Darby Translation
Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Godbey New Testament
Jesus said to him; Again it has been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Goodspeed New Testament
Jesus said to him, "The Scripture also says, 'You shall not try the Lord your God.' "
John Wesley New Testament
Jesus said to him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Julia Smith Translation
Jesus said to him, Again has it been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
King James 2000
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, You shall not test the Lord your God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Jesus said to him, "On the other hand it is written, 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"
Modern King James verseion
Jesus said to him, It is written again, "You shall not tempt the Lord your God."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Jesus said to him, "It is written also, 'Thou shalt not tempt thy Lord God.'"
Moffatt New Testament
Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."
Montgomery New Testament
"It is written again," answered Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
NET Bible
Jesus said to him, "Once again it is written: 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"
New Heart English Bible
Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"
Noyes New Testament
Jesus said to him, Again it is written, "Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God."
Sawyer New Testament
Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God.
The Emphasized Bible
Jesus said to him, Again, it is written, - Thou shalt not put to the test, the Lord thy God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
Twentieth Century New Testament
"Scripture also says," answered Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'"
Webster
Jesus said to him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Weymouth New Testament
"Again it is written," replied Jesus, "'Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the proof.'"
Williams New Testament
Jesus said to him, "Again the Scripture says, 'You must not try the Lord your God.'"
World English Bible
Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"
Worrell New Testament
Jesus said to him, "Again it has been written, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
Worsley New Testament
but Jesus said unto him, it is also written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
Themes
Christ, character of » Resisting temptation
The scriptures » Should be » Used against our spiritual enemies
Temple » Herod the great's temple » Jesus taken to the pinnacle of, during his temptation
Temptation » Not tempting the lord
Topics
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 4:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Temptation Of Jesus
6 If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. 7 Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test. 8 Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16
Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.
Matthew 4:4
But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 4:10
Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.
Exodus 17:2
So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?
Exodus 17:7
And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?
Numbers 14:22
Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;
Psalm 78:18
Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.
Psalm 78:41
Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 78:56
But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;
Psalm 95:9
When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.
Psalm 106:14
They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.
Isaiah 8:20
Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...
Malachi 3:15
And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.
Matthew 21:16
Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?
Matthew 21:42
Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
Matthew 22:31-32
But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:
Acts 5:9
But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.
1 Corinthians 10:9
And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.
Hebrews 3:9
When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years.