They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for
One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me an
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares
But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.
At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the roya
And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”
So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in or
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue
Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.