New English Translation
Matthew 4:10
10Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
Matthew 4:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
Context of Matthew 4:10
8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur. 9And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” 11Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs. 12Now when Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, he went into Galilee.
Read all of Matthew 4Matthew 4:10 word by word
Τότε λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ὕπαγε σατανᾶ· γέγραπται γάρ· κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- Get thee henceὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
- SatanΣατανᾶςSatanas · SatanG4567
- forγάρgar · forG1063
- it is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
- Thou shalt worshipπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352
- the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- thyσύsu · youG4771
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- onlyμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
- shalt thou serveλατρεύωlatreuō · to ministerG3000
Cross-references for Matthew 4:10
- Matthew 16:23But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”
- James 4:7So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.
- 1 Peter 5:9Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering.
- 1 Chronicles 21:1An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.
- Job 1:6Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord – and Satan also arrived among them.
- Job 2:1Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the Lord.
- Psalms 109:6Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!
- Zechariah 3:1Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Deuteronomy 6:13You must revere the Lord your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.
- Deuteronomy 10:20Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.
- Joshua 24:14Now obey the Lord and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 7:3Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
- Luke 4:8Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
Commentaries on Matthew 4:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Get thee hence - Or, behind me, . This is added by a multitude of the best MSS., Versions, and Fathers. This temptation savoring of nothing but diabolical impudence, Jesus did not treat it as the others; but, with Divine authority, commanded the tempter to return to his own place. In the course of this trial, it appears that our blessed Lord was tempted, 1st. To Distrust. Command these stones to become bread. 2dly. To Presumption. Cast thyself down. 3dly…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Get thee hence - These temptations, and this one especially, the Saviour met with a decided rebuke. This was a bolder attack than any which had been made before. The other temptations had been founded on an appeal to his necessities, and an offer of the protection of God in great danger; in both cases plausible, and in neither a direct violation of the law of God. Here was a higher attempt, a more decided and deadly thrust at the piety of the Saviour. It…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11This story of the temptation of Jesus shows clear parallels between Adam and Jesus. Jesus is the second Adam (see Romans 5:12–19) and the second Israel (Matthew 2:15). Unlike the ancient Israelites, Jesus completed Israel’s history by wandering through the desert without sinning. He showed he was the obedient Son of God by defeating Satan in spiritual battle. Since Jesus faced temptation as a human, he can understand the temptations we encounter (see…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan--Since the tempter has now thrown off the mask, and stands forth in his true character, our Lord no longer deals with him as a pretended friend and pious counsellor, but calls him by his right name--His knowledge of which from the outset He had carefully concealed till now--and orders him off. This is the final and conclusive evidence, as we think, that Matthew's must be the right order of the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 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
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