Matthew 20:28
Modern Translations
New International Version
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

New Living Translation
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

English Standard Version
even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Berean Study Bible
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

New American Standard Bible
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

NASB 1995
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

NASB 1977
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Amplified Bible
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [paying the price to set them free from the penalty of sin].”

Christian Standard Bible
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life--a ransom for many."

Contemporary English Version
The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.

Good News Translation
like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It's the same way with the Son of Man. He didn't come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

International Standard Version
That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

NET Bible
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

New King James Version
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

King James 2000 Bible
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

New Heart English Bible
even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

World English Bible
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

American King James Version
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

American Standard Version
even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

A Faithful Version
Just as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."

Darby Bible Translation
as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

English Revised Version
even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Webster's Bible Translation
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
eve as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His life [as] a ransom for many.”

Berean Literal Bible
even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."

Young's Literal Translation
even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

Smith's Literal Translation
As the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul a ransom for many.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Just as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom on behalf of many.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.

Catholic Public Domain Version
even as the Son of man has not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Just as The Son of Man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give himself a ransom in the place of the many.”

Lamsa Bible
Just as the Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life as a salvation for the sake of many.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Godbey New Testament
as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.

Haweis New Testament
Even as the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Mace New Testament
as the son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for all.

Weymouth New Testament
just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many."

Worrell New Testament
even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His soul a ransom for many."

Worsley New Testament
as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.
















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