Matthew 4:9 KJV
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Matthew 4:9 NKJV
And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
Matthew 4:9 MKJV
And [he] said to Him, All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.
Matthew 4:9 KJV 2000
And said unto him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.
Interlinear KJV
And /kai/ saith /lego/ unto him, /autos/ All /pas/ these things /tauta/ will I give /didomi/ thee, /soi/ if /ean/ thou wilt fall down /pipto/ and worship /proskuneo/ me. /moi/
Albert Barnes’ Commentary
Verse 9. All these things, etc. All these kingdoms. All these dominions Satan claimed a right to bestow on whom he pleased, and with considerable justice. They were excessively wicked; and with no small degree of plausibility, therefore, he asserted his claim to give them away. This temptation had much plausibility. Satan regarded Jesus as the King of the Jews. As the Messiah, he supposed he had come to take possession of all that country. He was poor, and unarmed, and without followers or armies. Satan proposed to put him in possession of it at once, without any difficulty, if he would acknowledge him as the proper lord and disposer of that country; if he would trust to him, rather than to God.
Worship me. See Barnes for Mt 2:2. The word here seems to mean, to acknowledge Satan as having a right to give these kingdoms to him; to acknowledge his dependence on him rather than God; that is, really to render religious homage. We may be surprised at his boldness. But he had been twice foiled. He supposed it was an object dear to the heart of the Messiah and he seemed not to be asking too much, if he gave them to Jesus, that Jesus should be willing to acknowledge the gift, and express gratitude for it. So plausible are Satan’s temptations, even when blasphemous; and so artfully does he present his allurements to the mind.