Matthew 4:3–4
Wanting to drag Christ into the passion of love of glory, Satan did not say to him, “Eat,” (Matthew 4:3–4) but, “Make a sign.” He did this not to gain any help himself, but — as I said — to pull Christ into empty glory. Knowing that, Christ did not obey him.
With the same aim he also refused the Pharisees when they wanted to see a sign from him. They were not coming to him with an undoubting heart as to God; they were testing him as a man. So let this stand for the saints as an unfailing rule toward unbelievers or testers: do not love glory in anything useless.
Greek
Εἰς φιλοδοξίας πάθος θέλων ἑλκύσαι ὁ σατανᾶς τὸν Χριστὸν οὐκ εἶπεν αὐτῷ φάγε, ἀλλὰ ποίησον σημεῖον. τοῦτο δ' ἐποίει, οὐχ ἵνα ὠφε ληθῇ, ἀλλ' ἵνα, ὅπερ εἶπον, εἰς κενοδοξίαν ἑλκύσῃ αὐτόν· ὅπερ εἰδὼς ὁ Χριστὸς οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν αὐτῷ. τούτῳ τῷ σκοπῷ καὶ τοῖς Φαρισαίοις θέλουσιν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ σημεῖον ἰδεῖν οὐκ ἐπένευσεν· οὐ γὰρ ἀνενδοιάστῳ καρδίᾳ προσῄεσαν αὐτῷ ὡς θεῷ, ἀλλ' ὡς ἄνθρωπον ἐπείραζον. ἔστω οὖν οὗτος ἄπτωτος τοῖς ἁγίοις κανὼν πρὸς ἀπίστους ἢ πειράζοντας τὸ μὴ φιλοδοξεῖν ἐπ' οὐδενὶ χρησίμῳ.