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Luke 20:23
Why tempt ye me?
Jesus is asked if it is lawful to give to Caesar.
Luke 20:23 Why tempt ye me?
Why test me?
Greek
τί μέ πειράζετε
Not in the morphological GNT.
Greek Word Order
τί μέ πειράζετε
Why me test ?
We are always being tested by friends and opponents.
Lost in Translation
This verse does not exist in Luke in the morphological GNT that we use for more modern Bibles. It appears in the source of the KJV, the Textus Receptus. See this article for more about differences. A similar verse appears in Matthew 22:18. In Mark12:15, this line is followed by the request for a coin.
Vocabulary (Greek word by word)
From the Textus Receptus
Τί (irreg sg neut nom) "Why" is from tis which can mean "someone", "any one", "everyone", "they" [indefinite], "many a one", "whoever", "anyone", "anything", "some sort", "some sort of", "each", "any", "the individual", "such" and so on. In a question, it can mean "who", "why" or "what".
με [49 verses](pron 1st sg masc acc) "Me" is eme, which is the objective first-person, objective, singular pronoun that means "me".
πειράζετε, (2nd pl pres ind act) "Tempt" is from peirazo, which means to "make proof or trial of", "attempt" to do, "to attempt", "to try", "to test" and, in a bad sense, "to seek to seduce" and "to tempt".
KJV — word by word
Why -- The Greek word translated as "any" in the singular means "anyone", "someone", "something" and "anything". The same forms are used both for the masculine and feminine, so "anyone" works best for a person. In the plural, it means "everyone", "some", "they" and "those". Jesus often uses it to start a question so it means "who", "what", "which" or even "why".
tempt - The word translated as "tempt" primarily means "test". That meaning works better here. The KJV translators prefer the "tempting" translation wherever this word is used.
ye -- This is from the second-person, plural form of the verb.
me - "Me" is the regular first-person pronoun in Greek as the object of the verb or preposition
Related Verses
Matthew 22:18 Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Mark12:15 Why tempt you me? bring me a penny, that I may see [it].