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Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’[a]

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  1. 4:7 Deut 6:16.

Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 4:7 Deut. 6:16

16 You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you complained at Massah.

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16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test(A) as you did at Massah.

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Nor should we put Christ[a] to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.

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  1. 10:9 Some manuscripts read the Lord.

We should not test Christ,[a](A) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(B)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord

18 They stubbornly tested God in their hearts,
    demanding the foods they craved.

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18 They willfully put God to the test(A)
    by demanding the food they craved.(B)

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41 Again and again they tested God’s patience
    and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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41 Again and again they put God to the test;(A)
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(B)

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There your ancestors tested and tried my patience,
    even though they saw my miracles for forty years.

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where your ancestors tested and tried me,
    though for forty years they saw what I did.(A)

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So once more the people complained against Moses. “Give us water to drink!” they demanded.

“Quiet!” Moses replied. “Why are you complaining against me? And why are you testing the Lord?”

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So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water(A) to drink.”(B)

Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”(C)

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Moses named the place Massah (which means “test”) and Meribah (which means “arguing”) because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord here with us or not?”

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And he called the place Massah[a](A) and Meribah[b](B) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

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  1. Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
  2. Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.

And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”

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Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord?(A) Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

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14 In the wilderness their desires ran wild,
    testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.

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14 In the desert(A) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness(B) they put God to the test.(C)

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For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience,
    even though they saw everything I did.

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where your ancestors tested(A) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

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56 But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High.
    They did not obey his laws.

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56 But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.

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22 not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice.

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22 not one of those who saw my glory and the signs(A) I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times(B)

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