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.’”
• 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.’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”

Context of Luke 4:8

6and said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours." And Jesus answered him, "It is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'" 9And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10for it is written, "'He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,'

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Get theeὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
• behindὀπίσωopisō · afterG3694
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• SatanΣατανᾶςSatanas · SatanG4567
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• it is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• Thou shalt worshipπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• onlyμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
• shalt thou serveλατρεύωlatreuō · to ministerG3000

Cross-references for Luke 4:8

• Matthew 4:10Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"
• Matthew 16:23But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."
• James 4:7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• 1 Peter 5:9Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
• Luke 4:4And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'"
• Deuteronomy 6:13It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.
• Deuteronomy 10:20You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear.
• Revelation 19:10Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God." For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• Revelation 22:9but he said to me, "You must 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 7:3And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."
• 2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: "O Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
• Psalms 83:18that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
• Isaiah 2:11The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and 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