Matthew 20:28 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 20:28 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ὥσπερ
hṓsper
G5618
even as
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
υἱὸς
huiós
G5207
son
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ἀνθρώπου
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἦλθεν
érchomai
G2064
to come
διακονηθῆναι
diakonéō
G1247
to serve
ἀλλὰ
allá
G235
but
διακονῆσαι
diakonéō
G1247
to serve
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
δοῦναι
dídōmi
G1325
to give
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
ψυχὴν
psychḗ
G5590
soul
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
λύτρον
lýtron
G3083
ransom
ἀντὶ
antí
G473
against
πολλῶν
polýs
G4183
many
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
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King James Version Public Domain
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom in exchange for many.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).