⁹Then the devil led Jesus to Jerusalem and put him on a high place of the Temple. He said to Jesus, “If you are the Son of God, jump down. ¹⁰It is written in the Scriptures:

‘He has put his angels in charge of you

to watch over you.’

¹¹It is also written:

‘They will catch you in their hands

so that you will not hit your foot on a rock.’ ”

¹²Jesus answered, “But it also says in the Scriptures: ‘Do not test the Lord your God.’ ” ⁿ

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n‘Do … God.’ Quotation from Deuteronomy 6:16.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written,

“ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,

to guard you,’

and

“ ‘On their hands they will bear you up,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ”

And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. For it is written:

“ ‘He will command his angels concerning you

to guard you carefully;

they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So he took him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here. For it is written:

He will give his angels orders concerning you,

to protect you, and

they will support you with their hands,

so that you will not strike

your foot against a stone.”

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

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,

‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you.

And they will hold you up with their hands

so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’ ”

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and had him stand on the highest point of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written,

‘He will command his angels concerning you,

to protect you,’

and

‘on their hands they will lift you up,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ”

And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.’ ”

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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Luke 4:9–12

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