Matthew 4:10

Easy-to-Read Version

Jesus said to him, "Get away from me, Satan! The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God. Serve only him!'"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Jesus told him, “Go away,

King James Version (1611)
Then saith Iesus vnto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'"

New Century Version
Jesus said to the devil, "Go away from me, Satan! It is written in the Scriptures, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Amplified Bible
Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written and forever remains written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then sayd Iesus vnto him, Auoyde Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lorde thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jesus said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'"

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jesus *said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.'"

Berean Standard Bible
"Away from Me, Satan!" Jesus declared. "For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'"

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "Go away Satan! The Scriptures say: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Complete Jewish Bible
"Away with you, Satan!" Yeshua told him, "For the Tanakh says, ‘Worship Adonai your God, and serve only him.'"

Darby Translation
Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Jesus said to him, Go away, Satan, for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

Good News Translation
Then Jesus answered, "Go away, Satan! The scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him!'"

Lexham English Bible
Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan, for it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Literal Translation
Then Jesus said to him, Go, Satan! For it has been written: "You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve Him only." Deut. 6:13

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

Hebrew Names Version
Then Yeshua said to him, "Get behind me, Hasatan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"

International Standard Version
Then Jesus said to him, "Go away,Get behind me">[fn] Satan! For it is written,Deuteronomy 6:13; 10:20; Joshua 24:14; 1 Samuel 7:3;">[xr] 'You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"Deuteronomy 6:13">[fn]

Etheridge Translation
Then said Jeshu to him, Away with thee, Satana ! for it is written that the Lord thy Aloha thou shalt worship, and him only thou shalt serve.

Murdock Translation
Then Jesus said to him: Begone, Satan; for it is written, that thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God; and him only shalt thou serve.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sayth Iesus vnto hym: Auoyde Sathan. For it is written: Thou shalt worshyp the Lorde thy God, and hym only shalt thou serue.

English Revised Version
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.

World English Bible
Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then Jesus saith to him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Begone, Satan!" Jesus replied; "for it is written, `To the Lord thy God thou shalt do homage, and to Him alone shalt thou render worship.'"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne Jhesus seide to hym, Goo, Sathanas; for it is writun, Thou schalt worschipe thi Lord God, and to hym aloone thou shalt serue.

Update Bible Version
Then Jesus says to him, Go, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve only him.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then saith Jesus to him, Be gone, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

New English Translation
Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘ You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him .'"

New King James Version
Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, [fn] Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.' " Deuteronomy 6:13">[fn]

New Living Translation
"Get out of here, Satan," Jesus told him. "For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

New Life Bible
Jesus said to the devil, "Get away, Satan. It is written, ‘You must worship the Lord your God. You must obey Him only.'"

New Revised Standard
Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! for it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then saith Jesus unto him, Withdraw, Satan! for it is written, - The Lord thy God, shalt thou worship, and, to him alone, render divine service.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.

Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! for it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde Iesus vnto hym. Avoyd Satan. For it is writte thou shalt worshyp ye Lorde thy God and hym only shalt thou serve.

Young's Literal Translation
Then saith Jesus to him, `Go -- Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Iesus vnto hym: Auoyde Sata. For it ys wrytte: thou shalt worshyp the LORDE thy God and hym onely shalt thou serue.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Then said Jesus to him, get thee hence Satan: for it it written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve ."

THE MESSAGE
Jesus' refusal was curt: "Beat it, Satan!" He backed his rebuke with a third quotation from Deuteronomy: "Worship the Lord your God, and only him. Serve him with absolute single-heartedness."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus told him, "Get away from me, Satan! It's written that we are to 'Only bow down and call God the boss; him and him only.'"

Contextual Overview

¹ Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert. He was taken there to be tempted by the devil. ² Jesus ate nothing for 40 days and nights. After this, he was very hungry. ³ The devil came to tempt him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these rocks to become bread." ⁴ Jesus answered him, "The Scriptures say, ‘It is not just bread that keeps people alive. Their lives depend on what God says.'" ⁵ Then the devil led Jesus to the holy city of Jerusalem and put him on a high place at the edge of the Temple area. ⁶ He said to Jesus, "If you are the Son of God, jump off, because the Scriptures say, ‘God will command his angels to help you, and their hands will catch you, so that you will not hit your foot on a rock.'" ⁷ Jesus answered, "The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.'" ⁸ Then the devil led Jesus to the top of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and all the wonderful things in them. ⁹ The devil said, "If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things." ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, "Get away from me, Satan! The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God. Serve only him!'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Get: Matthew 16:23, James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:9

Satan: 1 Chronicles 21:1, Job 1:6, Job 1:12, Job 2:1, Psalms 109:6, Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 3:2

Thou shalt: Deuteronomy 6:13, Deuteronomy 6:14, Deuteronomy 10:20, Joshua 24:14, 1 Samuel 7:3, Luke 4:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:3 - General Exodus 23:25 - And ye Exodus 34:14 - worship Deuteronomy 5:7 - General Joshua 22:5 - serve Joshua 22:34 - Ed 1 Kings 13:16 - General 2 Chronicles 30:8 - serve Psalms 17:4 - word Daniel 3:28 - serve Matthew 2:11 - worshipped Matthew 4:4 - It is Matthew 4:7 - It Matthew 6:24 - serve Matthew 15:4 - God Matthew 22:21 - and Mark 8:33 - Get Luke 16:13 - servant Acts 10:26 - Stand Ephesians 6:17 - which Revelation 4:10 - worship Revelation 7:11 - and worshipped Revelation 12:9 - and Satan Revelation 19:10 - worship

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? You killed your brother and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground. So you will be cursed from this ground.

Genesis 9:5
Also, I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any person or animal that takes a human life.

Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said, "I have heard many times that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are very evil.

Exodus 3:7
Then the Lord said, "I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptians hurt them. I know about their pain.

Numbers 35:33
"Don't let your land be polluted with innocent blood. If a person murders someone, the only payment for that crime is that the murderer must be killed! There is no other payment that will free the land from that crime.

Joshua 7:19
Then Joshua said to Achan, "Son, you must honor the Lord , the God of Israel. Praise him and confess your sins to him. Tell me what you did, and don't try to hide anything from me."

2 Kings 9:26
The Lord said, ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons. And I, the Lord , am telling you that I will punish Ahab in this field.' So take Joram's body and throw it into the field, just as the Lord said."

Job 16:18
"Earth, don't hide the wrong things that were done to me. Don't let my begging for fairness be stopped.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then saith Jesus to him, get thee hence, Satan..... In Luke 4:8 it is "get thee behind me": and so some copies read here, and is expressive of indignation and abhorrence; see Matthew 16:23 rebuking his impudence, and detesting his impiety: he had borne his insults and temptations with great patience; he had answered him with mildness and gentleness; but now his behaviour to him was intolerable, which obliged him to show his resentment, exert his power and authority, and rid himself at once of so vile a creature; giving this reason for it;

for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. The place referred to is in Deuteronomy 6:13

thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him: to fear the Lord, and to worship him, is the same thing. Worship includes both an internal and external reverence of God: the word "only" is not in the original text, but is added by our Lord; and that very justly; partly to express the emphasis which is on the word "him"; and in perfect agreement with the context, which requires it; since it follows,

ye shall not go after other Gods. Moreover, not to take notice of the Septuagint version, in which the word "only" is also added, Josephus q, the Jewish historian, referring to this law, says, because God is one, και δει τουτον σεβεσθαι μονον, "therefore he only is to be worshipped". And Aben Ezra r, a Jewish writer, explaining the last clause in the verse,

and thou shalt swear by his name, uses the word "only"; and which indeed, of right, belongs to every clause in it. The meaning of our Lord in citing it is; that since the Lord God is the alone object of worship, it was horrid blasphemy in Satan to desire it might be given to him, and which could not be done without the greatest impiety.

q Antiq. Jud. l. 3. c. 5. sect. 5. r In Deut. vi. 13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Get 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 was a proposition that the Son of God should worship the devil, instead of honoring and adoring Him who made heaven and earth; that he should bow down before the Prince of wickedness and give him homage.

It is written - In Deuteronomy 6:13. Satan asked him to worship him. This was expressly forbidden, and Jesus therefore drove him from his presence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 4:10. Get thee hence — Or, behind me, οπισω μου. This is added by a multitude of the best MSS., VERSIONS, and FATHERS. This temptation savouring 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. To worldly AMBITION. All these will I give.

4thly. To IDOLATRY. Fall down and worship me, or do me homage. There is probably not a temptation of Satan, but is reducible to one or other of these four articles.

From the whole we may learn:

First. No man, howsoever holy, is exempted from temptation: for God manifested to the flesh was tempted by the devil.

Secondly. That the best way to foil the adversary, is by the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, Ephesians 6:17.

Thirdly. That to be tempted even to the greatest abominations (while a person resists) is not sin: for Christ was tempted to worship the DEVIL.

Fourthly. That there is no temptation which is from its own nature, or favouring circumstances, irresistible. God has promised to bruise even Satan under our feet.

As I wish to speak what I think most necessary on every subject, when I first meet it, and once for all, I would observe,

First, That the fear of being tempted may become a most dangerous snare.

Secondly, That when God permits a temptation or trial to come he will give grace to bear or overcome it.

Thirdly, That our spiritual interests shall be always advanced, in proportion to our trials and faithful resistance.

Fourthly, That a more than ordinary measure of Divine consolation shall be the consequence of every victory.