Luke 4:9-13 And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.… What the Saviour did here was to fill out and complete the interpretation of the passage which Satan had repeated, and He did that by showing from various passages the conditions within which alone the former could be rationally and intelligently accepted. Now the procedure of the Lord in this instance plainly implies that one portion or saying of Scripture is to be read in connection with all other portions of it, and is to be understood and interpreted only in that sense which is in harmony with every other utterance of the sacred oracles. What Nature is to the physical philosopher, Scripture is to the theologian. In prosecuting a systematic examination of the Scriptures there are three things in reference to which we must be always on our guard. 1. We must see to it that all the passages brought together have a real bearing on the subject in hand. 2. We must see to it that we give to each passage its own legitimate weight — no more, no less. 3. We must see to it that our induction of passages is complete. (W. M. Taylor, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.WEB: Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" |
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