The Pharisees and the Sadducees came up, and to test Him asked Him to show them a spectacular sign from heaven.

Now the Pharisees came out and began a discussion with Him, and to test Him asked Him to show them a spectacular sign from heaven.

Some Pharisees came up, and to test Him they began to ask Him whether a man should be allowed to divorce his wife.

Just then an expert in the law got up to test Him by asking, "Teacher, what shall I do to get possession of eternal life?"

But others, to test Him, were demanding from Him a spectacular sign from heaven.

He was saying this to test him for He knew Himself what He was going to do.

Peter said to her, "How could both of you agree in such a way to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door; they will carry you out, too."

Then why do you now try to test God by putting on these disciples' necks a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we could bear?

the character of each one's work will come to light, for the judgment day will show it up. This is so, because that day will show itself in fire, and the fire will test the character of each one's work.

If the structure which one builds upon it stands the test, he will get his pay.

For this is why I wrote you, to see if you would stand the test, to see if you would be obedient in everything.

because in spite of a terrible test of trouble, the mighty flood of their gladness mingling with the depths of their poverty has overflowed and resulted in the abundance of their liberality.

I am not saying this in the spirit of a command, but I am simply trying to test the genuineness of your love by the enthusiasm of others.

For through the test you get by doing this service you will continue praising God for your fidelity to your confession of the good news of Christ, and for the liberality of your contributions to them and all others;

You yourselves must continue testing yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. You must continue standing the test. Do you not know by a growing experience that Jesus Christ is in you? -- provided you stand the test.

Now I hope that you will learn that I am standing the test.

But I am praying God that you may never do anything wrong, not to show that I am standing the test, but that you should continue doing right, though I should fail to stand the test.

but still you did not scorn the test my illness made of you, nor did you spurn me for it; on the contrary, you welcomed me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.

Everyone should test his own work until it stands the test, and then he will have ground for boasting with reference to himself alone, and not with reference to someone else.

Where your forefathers found I stood their test, because they saw my works for forty years,

By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test, offered Isaac as a sacrifice; that is, he who had received the promise was starting to offer as a sacrifice his only son,

Still others stood the test of taunts and tortures, and even chains and prisons.

Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.

so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even after it is shown by the test of fire to be genuine, may result in your praise and glory and honor at the unveiling of Jesus Christ.

Dearly beloved, do not be astonished that a test by fire is coming upon you, as though something strange were happening to you,

Because you have kept my message with the patient endurance that I give you, I also will keep you from the time of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.