KJV ORIGINAL
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Jesus replied, 'Yeah, but it's also written that you don't test God like that.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Don't try to make God prove himself to you, that's not how faith works.
📚 Historical Context
In the Gospel of Matthew, this verse occurs during Jesus' temptation in the wilderness by Satan, shortly after His baptism, as part of a 40-day period of fasting and spiritual testing. Specifically, in this second temptation, Satan takes Jesus to the pinnacle of the temple and misquotes Scripture to encourage Him to jump and force God's protection. Jesus responds by quoting from Deuteronomy 6:16, drawing on the Israelites' history of testing God in the wilderness to emphasize the dangers of such actions.
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