⁴¹ Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.

²² Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

²¹ For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.

²² They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.

⁸ Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,

⁹ When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years.

¹⁰ So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;

¹¹ And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.

³⁹ By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

³⁵ And while he was still talking, they came from the ruler of the Synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead: why are you still troubling the Master?

³⁶ But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.

¹⁸ For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.

¹⁹ They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

²⁰ See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

²² Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁶ Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.

⁴ And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.