You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
⛓ Read Deuteronomy 6 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation2
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
'You shall not tempt the Lord your God' quotes Deuteronomy 6:16 (LXX), which itself recalls Israel's testing of God at Massah (Exod 17:1-7). Verbatim citation answering the pinnacle temptation; strong Recurrence with the other Deuteronomy quotations in the pericope.
High confidenceJesus' second reply (v.7) quotes 'You shall not test the LORD your God.' Formula 'it is written' + verbatim citation. In Deut 6:16 the warning is 'as you tested him at Massah' (water from the rock); Jesus refuses to coerce God's protective care, again reversing Israel's wilderness failure.
High confidenceAllusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'You shall not test the LORD your God' is the legal locus of the prohibition Sapphira violates; reinforces the 'tempt the Spirit' motif.
Low confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah' provides the legal-theological frame for Jesus' refusal: the sign-demand is itself the forbidden testing. Coherence is strong with v.11's language of peirazo (testing).
Medium confidence