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Mt 4:10b ... "(the) Lord the God of-you shall-worship, and him alone you-shall-serve."

The 4th and 5th phrases have the following nine dialog words ... Kurion ton Theon sou proskunēseis, kai autō monō latreuseis ["(the) Lord the God of-you shall-worship, and him alone you-shall-serve").

The 9 dialog words containing two commands are top down. The diagram shows the last two words of each command (to worship God and to serve him) are tangent to the Unclean Spirit holding Satan. The 6 words of these two commands are tangent to a rectangle (a scroll) that shows how Matthew paraphrased the Old Testament source text (Dt 6:13, 20). Jesus has more power than the Devil and his Unclean Spirit and they must always obey him or be destroyed. Satan has tempted Jesus three times now and has not succeeded. Jesus just gave Satan a command to "Go away" followed by an Old Testament verse commanding him to serve (obey). The next verse will show if he obeys.

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