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 the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please. 7I will give it all to you if you will worship me.” Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ” 9Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! 10For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect and 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 4:10“Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”
• Matthew 16:23Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”
• James 4:7So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• 1 Peter 5:9Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.
• Luke 4:4But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’”
• Deuteronomy 6:13You must fear the Lord your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.
• Deuteronomy 10:20You must fear the Lord your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.
• Revelation 19:10Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers and sisters who testify about their faith in Jesus. Worship only God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus.”
• Revelation 22:9But he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers the prophets, as well as all who obey what is written in this book. Worship only God!”
• 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you want to return to the Lord with all your hearts, get rid of your foreign gods and your images of Ashtoreth. Turn your hearts to the Lord and obey him alone; then he will rescue you from the Philistines.”
• 2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the Lord: “O Lord, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth.
• Psalms 83:18Then they will learn that you alone are called the Lord, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth.
• Isaiah 2:11Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment.

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