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# tempt, temptation
## Definition
To tempt someone is to try to get that person to do something wrong.
* A temptation is something that causes a person to want to do something wrong.
* People are tempted by their own sinful nature and by other people.
* Satan also tempts people to disobey God and to sin against God by doing wrong things.
* Satan tempted Jesus and tried to get him to do something wrong, but Jesus resisted all of Satan's temptations and never sinned.
## Translation Suggestions
* The term "tempt" can be translated as, "try to cause to sin" or "entice" or "cause a desire to sin."
* The word translated as "tempt" can also mean, "put to the test."
* Ways to translate "temptations" could include, "things that tempt" or "things that entice someone to sin" or "things that cause desire to do something wrong."