Matthew 20:27
Modern Translations
New International Version
and whoever wants to be first must be your slave--

New Living Translation
and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.

English Standard Version
and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,

Berean Study Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—

New American Standard Bible
and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your slave;

NASB 1995
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave;

NASB 1977
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave;

Amplified Bible
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your [willing and humble] slave;

Christian Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

Contemporary English Version
And if you want to be first, you must be the slave of the rest.

Good News Translation
and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of the others--

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whoever wants to be most important among you will be your slave.

International Standard Version
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.

NET Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave--
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

New King James Version
And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—

King James 2000 Bible
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

New Heart English Bible
And whoever desires to be first among you must be your slave,

World English Bible
Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

American King James Version
And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

American Standard Version
and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:

A Faithful Version
And whoever would be first among you, let him be your slave;

Darby Bible Translation
and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;

English Revised Version
and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:

Webster's Bible Translation
And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
& who soeuer wyl be chefe, let him be youre seruaunt:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and whosoever wil be chefe let him be youre servaut
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

Berean Literal Bible
and whoever wishes to be first among you, he will be your slave--

Young's Literal Translation
and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

Smith's Literal Translation
And whoever would be first among you, let him be your servant:

Literal Emphasis Translation
And whoever wishes to be first among you, he will be your bond-servant;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And whoever will want to be first among you, he shall be your servant,

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And whoever wants to be first among you let him be a servant to you.”

Lamsa Bible
And whoever wishes to be first among you, let him be a servant to you;

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And whoever will be first among you, let him be your servant;

Godbey New Testament
and whosoever may wish to be first among you, shall be your slave:

Haweis New Testament
and whosoever will be first, let him be your slave.

Mace New Testament
and whoever would be chief among you, let him be your servant.

Weymouth New Testament
and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant;

Worrell New Testament
but whosoever wishes to become great among you shall be your minister; and whosoever wishes to be first among you shall be your servant;

Worsley New Testament
let him be your servant:
















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