12 Bible Verses about Testing Christ

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.

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

And one of their number, an expert in the law, to tempt Him, asked,

And some Pharisees came up to Him, to try Him out with the question, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"

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?"

They were asking this to trap him so that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped and began to write in the dirt with his finger.

But Jesus saw their malicious plot, and so asked, "Why are you testing me so, you hypocrites?

Should we pay it, or should we not?" Now because He saw their pretense, He said to them, "Why are you testing me so? Bring me a twenty-cent coin to look at."

Yet you have continued to stand by me in my trials;

and said to them, "You brought this man to me on a charge of turning the people from allegiance, and here in your presence I have examined Him and do not find Him guilty of the charges you make against Him.