Matthew 4:10
Then Jesus says to him, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shall worship Lord thy God, and him only thou shall serve.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9And he says to him, All these things I give thee, if after falling down, thou will worship me.
11Then the devil leaves him, and behold, heavenly agents came and served him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:13Thou shall fear LORD thy God, and him thou shall serve, and shall swear by his name.
Joshua 24:14Now therefore fear LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. And put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye LORD.
1 Chronicles 21:1And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Job 1:12And LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in thy power, only upon himself do not put forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD.
Psalms 109:6Set thou a wicked man over him, and let an adversary stand at his right hand.
Matthew 16:23But having turned around, he said to Peter, Go thee behind me, Satan. Thou are my stumbling-block, because thou regard not the things of God, but the things of men.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12
The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 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. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →