Luke 4:8
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.
KJV
καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· γέγραπται· προσκυνήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.
Greek NT
Et respondens Jesus, dixit illi : Scriptum est : Dominum Deum tuum adorabis, et illi soli servies.
Vulgate
And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
ASV
And Jesus answering said to him. It is written: Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λατρεύω
latreuo
verb · 21×
μόνος
monos
adjective · 48×
προσκυνέω
proskuneo
verb · 59×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Deut 6:13 · adapted"Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name."Deuteronomy: worship the Lord your God only — Jesus' temptation in Luke
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ | WH/NIV: ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ | Treg: αὐτῷ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς | RP: αὐτῷ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς Ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου Σατανᾶ
- ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ — SBLGNT
- ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αὐτῷ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς — Tregelles
- αὐτῷ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς Ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου Σατανᾶ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις | WH/Treg/NIV: Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις | RP: Προσκυνήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου
- Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις — SBLGNT
- Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Προσκυνήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2096Adoration is the first act of the virtue of religion. To adore God is to acknowledge him as God, as the Creator and Savior, the Lord and Master of everything that exists, as infinite and merciful Love. "You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve," says Jesus, citing Deuteronomy.13
40. Also the power which He said He received after the resurrection, that He had before He received it, and before the resurrection. For He of Himself rebuked Satan, saying, 'Get behind Me, Satan Luke 4:8;' and to the disciples He gave the power against him, when on their return He said, 'I beheld Satan, as lightning, fall from heaven Luke 10:18-19.' And again, that what He sai…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 5:9 — Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
- 1Sam 7:3 — And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the
- 1Sam 7:3 — And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the
- 2Kgs 19:15 — And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven an
- Deut 6:13 — Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
- Deut 6:13 — Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
- Deut 10:20 — Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
- Deut 10:20 — Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
- Isa 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Jas 4:7 — Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Luke 4:4 — And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
- Luke 4:4 — And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
- Matt 4:4 — But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matt 4:10 — 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.
- Matt 4:10 — 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.
- Matt 16:23 — But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
- Matt 16:23 — But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
- Ps 83:18 — That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
- Rev 19:10 — And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is
- Rev 22:9 — Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.