Matthew 22:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, ‹Why tempt ye me,› [ye] ‹hypocrites?›

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  • Luke 5:22 : 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, ‹What reason ye in your hearts?›
  • John 2:25 : 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
  • John 8:6 : 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband [are] at the door, and shall carry thee out.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 ‹And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.›
  • Luke 9:47 : 47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
  • Luke 10:25 : 25 ¶ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
  • Luke 20:23 : 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, ‹Why tempt ye me?›
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 ¶ The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, ‹When it is evening, ye say,› [It will be] ‹fair weather: for the sky is red.› 3 ‹And in the morning,› [It will be] ‹foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O› [ye] ‹hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not› [discern] ‹the signs of the times?› 4 ‹A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.› And he left them, and departed.
  • Matt 19:3 : 3 ¶ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
  • Mark 2:8 : 8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, ‹Why reason ye these things in your hearts?›
  • Mark 12:5 : 5 ‹And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.›

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