LUKE 4:8 Parallel Verse View

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ULT But answering, Jesus said to him, “It is written, ‘You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.’ ”

UST But Jesus replied, “No, I will not worship you, because the Scriptures say, ‘You must only worship the Lord your God. He is the only one you may serve!’ ”

BSB But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship [the] Lord your God and serve Him only.’[fn]”

4:8 Deuteronomy 6:13; BYZ and TR “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written…

MSB But Jesus answered, “Get behind Me, Satan![fn] It is written:[fn] ‘Worship [the] Lord your God and serve Him only.’[fn]”

4:8 CT does not include Get behind Me, Satan!

4:8 TR and GOC For it is written

4:8 Deuteronomy 6:13

BLB And Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been written: 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve Him only.'"

AICNT Jesus answered him, [[“get behind me Satan! For”]][fn] “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve him alone.’ ”[fn]

4:8, get behind me Satan! For: Some manuscripts include. A(02) Latin(b e) BYZ TR ‖ Absent from ℵ(01) B(03) D(05) W(032) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT.

4:8, Deuteronomy 6:13 LXX

OEB And Jesus answered him, ‘Scripture says – “You should worship the Lord your God, and worship him only.” ’

WEBBE Jesus answered him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”

WMBB Yeshua answered him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”

NET Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘ You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”

LSV And Jesus answering him said, “[[Get behind Me, Satan, for]] it has been written: You will worship the LORD your God, and Him only you will serve.”

FBV “It is written in Scripture, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve only him,’ ”[fn] Jesus replied.

4:8 Quoting Deuteronomy 6:13.

TCNT Jesus answered him, “[fn]Get behind me, Satan! [fn]It is written,
⇔ ‘Yoʋ shall worship the Lord yoʋr God,
⇔ and him only shall yoʋ serve.’ ”

4:8 Get behind me, Satan! ¦ — CT

4:8 It ¦ For it ANT TR

T4T But Jesus replied, “No, I will not worship you, because it is written {the Psalmist wrote} in the Scriptures, ‘It is the Lord, your God, whom you must worship, and you must serve only him!’ ”

LEB And Jesus answered and[fn] said to him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’ ”[fn]

4:8 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

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BBE And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

Moff Jesus answered him, "It is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone. "

Wymth Jesus answered him, "It is written, `To the Lord thy God thou shalt do homage, and to Him alone shalt thou render worship.'"

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

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

YLT And Jesus answering him said, 'Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

Drby And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy [fn]God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

4.8 Elohim

RV And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
(And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou/You shalt/shall worship the Lord thy/your God, and him only shalt/shall thou/you serve. )

SLT And having answered him Jesus said, Retire behind me, Satan: for it has been written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Wbstr And Jesus answered and said to him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

KJB-1769 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.
(And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee/you behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou/You shalt/shall worship the Lord thy/your God, and him only shalt/shall thou/you serve. )

KJB-1611 And Iesus answered and said vnto him, Get thee behinde me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym, Hence from me Satan: For it is writte, Thou shalt worship the Lorde thy God, and hym only shalt thou serue.
(Yesus/Yeshua answered, and said unto him, Hence from me Satan: For it is writte, Thou/You shalt/shall worship the Lord thy/your God, and him only shalt/shall thou/you serve.)

Gnva But Iesus answered him, and saide, Hence from mee, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him alone thou shalt serue.
(But Yesus/Yeshua answered him, and said, Hence from me, Satan: for it is written, Thou/You shalt/shall worship the Lord thy/your God, and him alone thou/you shalt/shall serve. )

Cvdl Iesus answered him, and sayde: Auoyde fro me thou Satan. It is wrytten: Thou shalt worshippe the LORDE thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue.
(Yesus/Yeshua answered him, and said: Avoid from me thou/you Satan. It is written: Thou/You shalt/shall worship the LORD thy/your God, and him only shalt/shall thou/you serve.)

TNT Iesus answered him and sayde: hence from me Sathan. For it is written: Thou shalt honour the Lorde thy God and him only serve.
(Yesus/Yeshua answered him and said: hence from me Satan. For it is written: Thou/You shalt/shall honour the Lord thy/your God and him only serve. )

Wycl And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, It is writun, Thou schalt worschipe thi Lord God, and to hym aloone thou schalt serue.
(And Yhesus answered, and said to him, It is written, Thou/You shalt/shall worship thy/your Lord God, and to him alone thou/you shalt/shall serve.)

Luth JEsus antwortete ihm und sprach: Heb‘ dich weg von mir, Satan! Es stehet geschrieben: Du sollst GOtt, deinen HErr’s, anbeten und ihm allein dienen.
(Yesus replied him and spoke: Heb‘ you/yourself away/gone from to_me, Satan! It stands written: You(sg) should God, your(s) LORD’s, worship and him alone serve/be_of_service.)

ClVg Et respondens Jesus, dixit illi: Scriptum est: Dominum Deum tuum adorabis, et illi soli servies.[fn]
(And responding Yesus, he/she_said them: Scriptum it_is: the_Master God your(sg) adorabis, and them alone servies. )

4.8 Si Filius Dei. In omnibus tentationibus hoc agit, ut intelligat si Filius Dei sit. Sed Christus sic responsum temperat, ut ambiguum relinquat: Mitte te deorsum. Quem nec gula nec avaritia vicit, tentat vana gloria, si forte illum vel ipsa victoriæ suæ jactantia valeat dejicere. Mitte. Hæc vox ei convenit qui omnes præcipitare satagit. In quo infirmus ostenditur qui nulli possit nocere, nisi prius ille se deorsum miserit.

4.8 When/But_if Son of_God. In to_all temptations this acts, as understand when/but_if Son of_God let_it_be. But Christ/Messiah so responsum temperat, as ambiguum relinquat: Send you(sg) down. Which but_not gula but_not greed/craving won, tentat in_vain glory, when/but_if perhaps him or herself victories his/her_own they_boastia valeat deyicere. Send. This voice to_him agreed who/which everyone commandsare satagit. In where weak/sick is_shown who/which none can to_harm, except first/before he/that_one himself down miserablet.

UGNT καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, γέγραπται, Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.
(kai apokritheis ho Yaʸsous eipen autōi, gegraptai, Kurion ton Theon sou proskunaʸseis kai autōi monōi latreuseis.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ⸂ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ⸃· Γέγραπται· ⸂Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις⸃ καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.
(kai apokritheis ⸂ho Yaʸsous eipen autōi⸃; Gegraptai; ⸂Kurion ton theon sou proskunaʸseis⸃ kai autōi monōi latreuseis.)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, Σατανᾶ· γέγραπται, Προσκυνήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου, καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.
(Kai apokritheis autōi eipen ho Yaʸsous, Hupage opisō mou, Satana; gegraptai, Proskunaʸseis kurion ton theon sou, kai autōi monōi latreuseis.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς [fn]αὐτῷ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, [fn]Ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, Σατανᾶ· [fn]γέγραπται,
⇔ [fn]Προσκυνήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου,
⇔ καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.
(Kai apokritheis autōi eipen ho Yaʸsous, Hupage opisō mou, Satana; gegraptai,
⇔ Proskunaʸseis Kurion ton Theon sou,
⇔ kai autōi monōi latreuseis. )

4:8 αυτω ειπεν ο ιησους ¦ ο ιησους ειπεν αυτω NA SBL WH

4:8 υπαγε οπισω μου σατανα ¦ — CT

4:8 γεγραπται ¦ γεγραπται γαρ ANT TR

4:8 προσκυνησεις κυριον τον θεον σου ¦ κυριον τον θεον σου προσκυνησεις ANT CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:1–13: Satan tempted Jesus

In this section, Luke wrote that the devil (Satan) tempted Jesus, that is, the devil tried to persuade Jesus to do things that God did not want Jesus to do. Luke told about three of those things. Jesus did not do any of the things that the devil suggested. He refused the devil and his temptations by quoting the word of God from the book of Deuteronomy.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

The Temptation of Jesus

Jesus Is Tempted by the Devil (NCV)

There is a parallel passage for this section in Matthew 4:1–11, and a shorter version occurs in Mark 1:12–13.

Paragraph 4:5–8

In this paragraph, Luke reported another way that the devil tempted Jesus.Luke reports this temptation as the second temptation of the three. In Matthew 4 this temptation is reported third. The first two temptations that Luke reported happened in the desert, and the third temptation happened at the temple in Jerusalem. The devil tempted Jesus to make an agreement with him.

4:8a

But Jesus answered, “It is written:

Jesus said, “It is written in the Scriptures:
But Jesus refused. He said, “The Scriptures say,
Jesus told the devil that in the holy writings, it says,

But: The Greek word that the BSB translates as But is a conjunction that is often translated as “and.” Some English versions, such as the ESV, translate it that way. Other versions, such as the NIV, GNT, and NET, do not translate this conjunction here. Connect 4:8a to 4:7b in a way that is natural in your language.

Jesus answered: As in 4:4a, the Greek word that the BSB literally translates as answered here means “replied” or “responded.” Jesus was not answering a question. He was responding to the devil as the devil tried to tempt him to sin.

Jesus’ response implied that he was refusing to do what Satan had wanted. You may need to make this clear in your translation. For example:

Jesus refused. He said

It is written: As in 4:4a, Jesus used the phrase It is written to introduce words from the Old Testament Scriptures. Some other ways to translate this are:

Scripture says (REB)

It is written in the Scriptures (NCV)

4:8b

‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

‘You^(sing) must worship the Lord, who is your^(sing) God, and serve/obey only him.'"
‘The Lord your^(sing) God is the one before whom you^(sing) should bow. He is the only one you^(sing) should honor.'"

Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only: The clause Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only is a quotation from Deuteronomy 6:13. These words were a command to each of the people of Israel. In Greek, the verbs Worship and serve and the pronoun your are singular. However, since the command is given to everyone, in some languages it may be more natural to use the plural forms:

You^(plur) must worship the Lord, who is your^(plur) God, and obey only him.

Jesus quoted this command in order to tell Satan that he would never worship Satan. Jesus was declaring that he himself would obey the Scriptures and worship only the true God. See Lord, Context 2, in the Glossary.

Worship…serve: The two Greek verbs that most English versions translate here as Worship and serve have similar meanings. To Worship God means to bow before him and revere/respect him. (See the note on “worship me” in 4:7a). To serve God refers here to doing acts of worship to honor him.

These two verbs work together to describe how people should act toward God. Some ways to translate these verbs are:

You shall do homage to the Lord your God and worship him alone. (REB)

Revere/Respect the Lord your God and worship only him.

You must esteem God…honoring him alone in all you do.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀποκριθείς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ Γέγραπται Κύριον τόν Θεόν σοῦ προσκυνήσεις καί αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις)

Together the words answering and said mean that Jesus responded to the offer that the devil made. Alternate translation: [Jesus responded to him]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

γέγραπται, Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [It is written that one must worship the Lord his God and serve only him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

γέγραπται

Jesus clearly implies in his answer that he is rejecting the devil’s challenge. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly, as UST does. Alternate translation: [Jesus replied, ‘No, I will not do that, because it is written’]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

γέγραπται

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state what is doing the action. Alternate translation: [The Scriptures say]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις

˱before˲_˓the˒_Lord (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀποκριθείς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ Γέγραπται Κύριον τόν Θεόν σοῦ προσκυνήσεις καί αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις)

Here, the Scriptures are using a statement to give a command. Alternate translation: [You must worship the Lord your God, and you must serve only him]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

προσκυνήσεις

˱you˲_˓will_be˒_prostrating

Here, it may not be clear whether to use the singular or plural form of You because this is a short quotation from the Scriptures and the context is not given. The word is actually singular because, even though Moses said this to the Israelites as a group, each individual person was supposed to obey this command. So in your translation, use the singular form of You, if your language marks that distinction. In general these notes will not discuss whether You is singular or plural when this should be clear from the context. But they will address ambiguous cases such as this one.

Parallel LUKE 4:8

Section 4:1–13: Satan tempted Jesus

Paragraph 4:5–8

4:8a

4:8b