Matthew 4:10
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.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9and saith to him, 'All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'
11Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:13Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;
Joshua 24:14'And now, fear ye Jehovah, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah;
1 Chronicles 21:1And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel,
Job 1:12And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, all that he hath [is] in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.' And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.
Psalms 109:6Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.
Matthew 16:23and he having turned, said to Peter, 'Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind 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 →