Luke 4:8

Luke 4:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jesus answered him, "It is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”

Context of Luke 4:8

6“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. 7So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.” But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” 9Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here. 10For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully,

Luke 4:8 word by word

καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ γέγραπται· κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.¶Read the interlinear

• Butκαίkai · andG2532
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• answeredεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• answeredαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• It is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• Worshipπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• serveλατρεύωlatreuō · to ministerG3000
• onlyμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441

Cross-references for Luke 4:8

• Matthew 4:10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
• Matthew 16:23But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
• James 4:7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• 1 Peter 5:9Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
• Luke 4:4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
• Deuteronomy 6:13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
• Deuteronomy 10:20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
• Revelation 19:10So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
• Revelation 22:9But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”
• 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
• 2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
• Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
• Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Commentaries on Luke 4:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-14Verses 1-14 On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-11. Luke 4:2 Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are recorded by Matthew and Luke did not take place until the forty days were finished. See Matthew 4:2-3. He did eat nothing - He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting. Luke 4:13 Departed for a season…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only: When Israel encountered difficulties in the wilderness, they started to worship false gods (Deuteronomy 9:12). Jesus refused to worship Satan.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 4:8

• Ambition
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Quotations and Allusions
• Satan
• Temptation
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jesus
• Satan
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Satan, devil, evil one
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Close
• Deliverance
• Gracious
• Keep

Commentaries on Luke 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings