11And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
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Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-21)Still Christ is upon motion; now he visits the parts of Dalmanutha, that no corner of the land of Israel might say that they had not had his presence with them. He came thither by ship (Mark 8:10); but, meeting with occasions of dispute there, and not with opportunities of doing good, he entered into the ship again (Mark 8:13), and came back. In these verses, we are told, I. How he refused to grat…
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