This is the scene where the devil tempts Jesus by offering him power – if Jesus will worship him.

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Matthew 4:8-10

8Πάλιν παραλαμβάνει αὐτὸν ὁ διάβολος εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν λίαν, καὶ δείκνυσιν αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτῶν, 9καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ταῦτά σοι πάντα δώσω ἐὰν πεσὼν προσκυνήσῃς μοι. 10τότε λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Υπαγε, Σατανᾶ: γέγραπται γάρ, Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις.

In the two verbs at the end of this reading -προσκυνήσεις and λατρεύσεις - you might notice that there is –σ before the you (second person)singular person ending; this is how Greek forms the future tense, by adding –σ before the person endings. So, I will untie is λύσω.

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