Matthew 4:7 BSB — MannaFest

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔφη	ephē	was saying	G5346 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
πάλιν	palin	Again	G3825 →
γέγραπται·	gegraptai	it has been written:	G1125 →
οὐκ	ouk	Not	G3756 →
ἐκπειράσεις	ekpeiraseis	you will test	G1598 →
κύριον	kurion	[the] Lord	G2962 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
θεόν	theon	God	G2316 →
σου.¶	sou	of you.’	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 6:16
Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:9
  We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 17:7
  He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
- Luke 4:12
  But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- Psalms 95:8–9
  do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
- Hebrews 3:8–9
  do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
Through
1 Corinthians 10:9
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 6:16
  Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 3:8–11
  do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 21:5–6
  and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Deuteronomy 6:16Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.1 Corinthians 10:9We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.Psalms 78:41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.Psalms 78:18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.Hebrews 3:9where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.Exodus 17:7He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”Exodus 17:2So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”Acts 5:9“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”Psalms 78:56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.Psalms 106:14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—Psalms 95:9where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.Ephesians 6:17And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”Luke 4:12But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.Matthew 4:4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”Matthew 4:10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

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