O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

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?

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

{To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.