Luke 4:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁸ And Jesus answered him, “It is written [Deut. 6:13], ‘You are supposed to worship the Lord, your God, and serve only Him.’”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And Jesus replied to him, Get behind Me, Satan! It is written, You shall do homage to and worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve. [Deut. 6:13; 10:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Common English Bible

⁸ Jesus answered, “It’s written, You will worship the Lord your God and serve only him.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And in response, Jesus said to him: "It is written: 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him alone.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And Jesus answering said to him: It is written: Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Luke 4:8 Cross References

Matthew 16:23

But Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan; you are causing a hindrance to me because you are not thinking about God’s things but about men’s.”

Matthew 4:10

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.’”

Luke 4:4

But Jesus answered him, “It is written [Deut. 8:3], ‘A person is not to live by [eating] bread only.’”

Luke 4:7

Therefore, if you will worship in front of me it will all be yours.”

James 4:7

So, you should submit yourselves to God, but oppose the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:9

You should withstand his efforts by maintaining a strong faith [in God], remembering that your [Christian] brothers in [the rest of] the world are experiencing [and enduring] suffering similar to yours.

Revelation 19:10

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.”

Revelation 22:9

But he said to me, “Do not do that; I am [only] a fellow-servant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. You should worship God.”