Luke 4:12

New Life Version

Jesus said to the devil, "It is written, ‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And Jesus answered him, “It is said: Do not test the Lord your God.”

King James Version (1611)
And Iesus answering, said vnto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

King James Version
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

English Standard Version
And Jesus answered him, "It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

New American Standard Bible
And Jesus answered and said to him, "It has been stated, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"

New Century Version
Jesus answered, "But it also says in the Scriptures: ‘Do not test the Lord your God.'"

Amplified Bible
Jesus replied to him, "It is said [in Scripture], 'YOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD [to prove Himself to you].'"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Berean Standard Bible
But Jesus declared, "It also says, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "The Scriptures also say, ‘Don't try to test the Lord your God!'"

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua answered him, "It also says, ‘ Do not put Adonai your God to the test .'"

Darby Translation
And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "But the Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.'"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iesus answered, and said vnto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.

Good News Translation
But Jesus answered, "The scripture says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Lexham English Bible
And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, ‘You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.'"

Literal Translation
And answering, Jesus said to him, It has been said: "You shall not tempt the Lord your God." Deut. 6:16

American Standard Version
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

Bible in Basic English
And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

International Standard Version
Jesus answered him, "It has been said,Deuteronomy 6:16;">[xr] 'You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"Deuteronomy 6:16">[fn]

Etheridge Translation
But Jeshu answered and said to him, It is spoken, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy Aloha.

Murdock Translation
And Jesus replied and said to him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: It is sayde, Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God.

English Revised Version
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

World English Bible
Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Weymouth's New Testament
The reply of Jesus was, "It is said, `Thou shalt not put the Lord they God to the proof.'"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus answeride, and seide to him, It is seid, Thou schalt not tempte thi Lord God.

Update Bible Version
And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, You shall not make trial of the Lord your God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus answering, said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

New English Translation
Jesus answered him, "It is said, ‘ You are not to put the Lord your God to the test .'"

New King James Version
And Jesus answered and said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.' " Deuteronomy 6:16">[fn]

New Living Translation
Jesus responded, "The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.'"

New Revised Standard
Jesus answered him, "It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jesus, answering, said to him - It is said: Thou shalt not put to the test the Lord thy God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answering, said to him: It is said: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Revised Standard Version
And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered and sayde to him it is sayd: thou shalt not tempte the Lorde thy God.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus answering said to him -- `It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him: It is sayde: Thou shalt not tempte the LORDE thy God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but Jesus replied, it is said, "thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

THE MESSAGE
"Yes," said Jesus, "and it's also written, ‘Don't you dare tempt the Lord your God.'"

Simplified Cowboy Version
But Jesus said, "The Good Book says, 'Don't try God.'"

Contextual Overview

¹ Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit when He returned from the Jordan River. Then He was led by the Holy Spirit to a desert. ² He was tempted by the devil for forty days and He ate nothing during that time. After that He was hungry. ³ The devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to be made into bread." ⁴ Jesus said to him, "It is written, ‘Man is not to live by bread alone.'" ⁵ The devil took Jesus up on a high mountain. He had Jesus look at all the nations of the world at one time. ⁶ The devil said to Jesus, "I will give You all this power and greatness. It has been given to me. I can give it to anyone I want to. ⁷ If You will worship me, all this will be Yours." ⁸ Jesus said to the devil, "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You must worship the Lord your God. You must obey Him only.'" ⁹ Then the devil took Jesus up to Jerusalem. He had Jesus stand on the highest part of the house of God. The devil said to Jesus, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here. ¹⁰ For it is written, ‘He has told His angels to care for You and to keep You.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou: Deuteronomy 6:16, Psalms 95:9, Psalms 106:14, Malachi 3:15, Matthew 4:7, 1 Corinthians 10:9, Hebrews 3:8, Hebrews 3:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:2 - wherefore Matthew 4:4 - It is

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
The day came when Cain brought a gift of the fruit of the ground to the Lord.

Genesis 4:4
But Abel brought a gift of the first-born of his flocks and of the fat parts. The Lord showed favor to Abel and his gift.

Genesis 4:14
See, this day You have made me go away from the land. And I will be hidden from Your face. I will run away and move from place to place. And whoever finds me will kill me."

Genesis 4:17
Cain lay with his wife and she was going to have a child and she gave birth to Enoch. Cain built a city and gave it the name of Enoch, the name of his son.

Genesis 4:18
Now Irad was born to Enoch. And Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. And Methushael became the father of Lamech.

Genesis 4:23
And Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice. Hear what I say, you wives of Lamech. For I have killed a man for hurting me, and a boy for hitting me.

Genesis 4:24
If those who hurt Cain are punished seven times worse, then those who hurt Lamech will be punished seventy-seven times worse."

Leviticus 26:20
You will use your strength for nothing. For your land will not give food, and the trees of the land will not give fruit.

Leviticus 26:36
Of those of you who are left in the lands of those who hate you, I will make their hearts weak. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will make them run away even when no one is going after them. They will run away as if it were a sword, and they will fall.

Psalms 109:10
May his children go around begging. And may they look for food far from their destroyed homes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus answering said unto him, it is said,.... In Deuteronomy 6:16

Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God: in the text in Deuteronomy the words are, "ye shall not tempt the Lord your God." The second person plural, is here changed into the second person singular, to accommodate the words to Satan; whom Christ singly addresses, and makes answer to, and who was under this same general law as other rational creatures: and Jehovah may be called the Lord his God, as he is his creator and governor; by whom he is upheld in his being, and to whom he is subject, whether he will or not; though not his covenant God: and even if our Lord Jesus Christ is intended by the Lord God, as some think; he is God over all; over all principalities and powers, good and bad, by whom all are created, and in whom all consist; and whose power and authority over Satan and his angels, have abundantly appeared, in dispossessing devils out of men, sending them where he pleased, and in spoiling the powers of darkness, and in destroying him that had the power of death, the devil; and great insolence and wickedness it must be in a creature, to tempt the Lord his God, in any way, or form whatever; Deuteronomy 6:16- :

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-11.

Luke 4:2

Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are recorded by Matthew and Luke did not take place until the forty days were finished. See Matthew 4:2-3.

He did eat nothing - He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting.

Luke 4:13

Departed for a season - For a time. From this it appears that our Saviour was “afterward” subjected to temptations by Satan, but no “particular” temptations are recorded after this. From John 14:30, it seems that the devil tried or tempted him in the agony in Gethsemane. Compare the notes at Hebrews 12:4. It is more than probable, also, that Satan did much to excite the Pharisees and Sadducees to endeavor to “entangle him,” and the priests and rulers to oppose him; yet out of all his temptations God delivered him; and so he will make a way to escape for “all” that are tempted, and will not suffer them to be tempted above that which they are able to bear, 1 Corinthians 10:13.

Luke 4:14

In the power of the Spirit - By the “influence” or direction of the Spirit.

A fame - A report. See Matthew 4:24.