If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.”
Parallel translations
- KJV If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
- BSB So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”
- NKJV Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”
- NASB Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours.”
- NLT I will give it all to you if you will worship me.”
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Quick answer
The devil demands worship as the price of the kingdoms. The true cost of the shortcut is idolatry.
Overview
Satan's condition exposes the heart of the temptation: he seeks the worship due to God alone. To gain the world this way, Jesus would have to bow to the devil. The offer reveals that every sinful shortcut ultimately puts something in God's rightful place.
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Cross-references · 9
- Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”
- Ps 72:11Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
- Isa 45:14Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.
- Rev 22:8Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.
- Luke 17:16He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
- Matt 2:11They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
- Rev 5:8Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Rev 4:10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
- Isa 46:6Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down — yes, they worship.
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