Worship is reserved for God alone. People worship Christ in the New Covenant.
Jesus did not reject this worship, never corrected it. But did rebuke and correct Satan about worship.
The hint is that Christ the Son, is God come in the flesh.
All those chosen and close to Christ or who had received His mercy, worshipped Christ the Lord, Christ never rejected or corrected their worship of Himself. Even in His childhood they worshipped Him, and they had the favor of God.
Some examples.
Matthew 4:10
Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall
worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
Matthew 2:11
And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and
worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Matthew 8
1 When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. 2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
3 Then Jesus put out
His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew 14
32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
33 Then those who were in the boat [a]came and worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”
Matthew 28
The Women Worship the Risen Lord
9 And [
a]as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go
and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”
Mathew 28
The Great Commission
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.
John 9
True Vision and True Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of [
g]God?”
36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.”
38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.
39 And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
40 Then
some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
Luke 24
51 Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple [
a]praising and blessing God. [
b]Amen.
