Matthew 4:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) and said to Him, “I will give you all these things if you fall to the ground and worship me.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said to Him, These things, all taken together, I will give You, if You will prostrate Yourself before me and do homage and worship me. American Standard Version (1901) and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Common English Bible He said, “I’ll give you all these if you bow down and worship me.” Catholic Public Domain Version and said to him, "All these things I will give to you, if you will fall down and adore me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me. |
and said, “What would you give me if I turned Jesus over to you?” And they weighed out thirty silver coins [Note: This amount was equivalent to about five months of a farm laborer’s wages, or approximately $13,500 in 2005], and promised [See Mark 14:11] to give him that much money.
Then Jesus replied to him, “Get away from me Satan, for it is written [Deut. 6:13], ‘You are supposed to worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him.’”
Judgment is now coming to this world; the prince of this world [i.e., Satan] will now be driven out.
Jesus, who knew that the Father had given Him complete authority, [also] knew that He had come from God and was [about] to return to God.
I will not speak with you very much anymore because the ruler of the world [i.e., Satan] is coming, and he has no control over me.
[And it will be shown] judgment, because the ruler of this world [i.e., Satan. See 12:31] has been condemned [i.e., by Jesus’ death and resurrection].
For the god of this world [i.e., Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the Gospel of the splendor of Christ, who is the image of God.
[He must] not be a new convert or else he could become conceited [i.e., over being in a leadership position] and fall into the [same] condemnation incurred by the devil.
Then I fell down in front of him to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not do that; I am [only] a fellow-servant with you and with your brothers who hold onto the testimony about Jesus. You should worship God. For the testimony about Jesus is the spirit [i.e., the purpose, or source] of prophecy.”
And on His robe and His thigh was written the name, “King of kings, and Lord of lords.”