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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Luke 4:8 → Deuteronomy 6:13

Quotation

Later text

Luke 4:8BSB

But Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'"

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 6:13BSB

Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.

Significance

Jesus' refusal of Satan's offer of the world's kingdoms — "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only'" — is a direct quotation from Deuteronomy 6:13, from the heart of the Shema context. The original command (ʾet-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā tîrāʾ wĕ-ʾōtô taʿăbōd) was given to Israel on the threshold of Canaan, where they would encounter the temptation to worship the gods of the nations in exchange for land and prosperity. Satan's temptation to Jesus precisely recapitulates this scenario: worship in exchange for territory. Jesus, as the true Israel embodying the nation's story, responds with the identical Shema-derived commitment. The addition of "only" (monō) in Luke's version sharpens the exclusivity, ruling out any shared allegiance. This quotation reveals that Jesus' wilderness temptation is a deliberate typological re-enactment of Israel's Mosaic trials.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Typology (Providential Type, Backward-Looking) + Redemptive-Historical Progression

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Wilderness Testing (Faith Through Trial) Trajectory Table