MAT 12:30 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT The one not being with me is against me, and the one not gathering with me scatters.

UST Anyone who is not supporting me is opposing me. Anyone who is not bringing people to me is sending them away from me.

BLB The one not being with Me is against Me, and the one not gathering with Me scatters.

AICNT “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

OEB Anyone who is not with me is against me, and the person who does not help me to gather is scattering.

WEBBE “He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

LSV He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who is not gathering with Me, scatters.

FBV Those who are not with me are against me, and those who do not gather together with me do the opposite: they are scattering.

TCNT Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

T4T No one can be neutral. Those who do not acknowledge that the Holy Spirit enables me to expel demons are opposing me, and those who do not gather people to become my disciples are causing those people to [DOU] go away from me.

LEB The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.

BBE Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.

Moff He who is not with me is against me,
⇔ and he who does not gather with me scatters.

Wymth "The man who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.

ASV He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

DRA He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

YLT 'He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

Drby He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

RV He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
(He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth/gathers not with me scattereth/scatters. )

SLT He not being with me is against me; and he not gathering with me; scatters.

Wbstr He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad.

KJB-1769 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
(He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth/gathers not with me scattereth/scatters abroad. )

KJB-1611 He that is not with me, is against me: and hee that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He that is not with me, is agaynst me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth abrode.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
(He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth/gathers not with me, scattereth/scatters. )

Cvdl He that is not wt me, is agaynst me: & he yt gathereth not wt me, scatereth abrode.
(He that is not with me, is against me: and he it gathereth/gathers not with me, scattereth/scatters abroad.)

TNT He that is not with me is agaynst me. And he that gaddereth not with me scattereth abrode.
(He that is not with me is against me. And he that gaddereth not with me scattereth/scatters abroad. )

Wycl He that is not with me, is ayens me; and he that gaderith not togidere with me, scaterith abrood.
(He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth/gathers not together with me, scaterith abroad.)

Luth Wer nicht mit mir ist, der ist wider mich, und wer nicht mit mir sammelt, der zerstreuet.
(Who not with to_me is, the/of_the is against me, and who not with to_me collects, the/of_the scattered.)

ClVg Qui non est mecum, contra me est; et qui non congregat mihi, spargit.[fn]
(Who not/no it_is with_me, on_the_contrary me it_is; and who/which not/no gathers to_me, sprinkles. )

12.30 Qui non est mecum, etc. Id est, qui dissimilia meis facit opera, contrarius mihi est: ille trahit ad vitia, ego ad virtutes.

12.30 Who not/no it_is with_me, etc. That it_is, who/which dissimilia mine he_does works, opposite/reverse to_me it_is: he/that_one trahit to vices, I to by_virtues.

UGNT ὁ μὴ ὢν μετ’ ἐμοῦ κατ’ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν; καὶ ὁ μὴ συνάγων μετ’ ἐμοῦ σκορπίζει.
(ho maʸ ōn met’ emou kat’ emou estin; kai ho maʸ sunagōn met’ emou skorpizei.)

SBL-GNT ὁ μὴ ὢν μετʼ ἐμοῦ κατʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν, καὶ ὁ μὴ συνάγων μετʼ ἐμοῦ σκορπίζει.
(ho maʸ ōn metʼ emou katʼ emou estin, kai ho maʸ sunagōn metʼ emou skorpizei.)

RP-GNT Ὁ μὴ ὢν μετ' ἐμοῦ κατ' ἐμοῦ ἐστιν· καὶ ὁ μὴ συνάγων μετ' ἐμοῦ σκορπίζει.
(Ho maʸ ōn met' emou kat' emou estin; kai ho maʸ sunagōn met' emou skorpizei.)

TC-GNT Ὁ μὴ ὢν μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ κατ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐστι· καὶ ὁ μὴ συνάγων μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ σκορπίζει.
(Ho maʸ ōn meta emou kat emou esti; kai ho maʸ sunagōn meta emou skorpizei. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 12:22–32: Jesus showed that he did not use Satan’s power

In this section, Jesus healed a man whom demons had been controlling. The Pharisees said that he did it by the power of Satan. Doing something by the power of Satan is sorcery. Sorcery was punishable by death in the Jewish law. Jesus explained to them why it could not be true that he cast out demons by the power of Satan. He also warned them that they must not look at something he had done by the Holy Spirit’s power and say that Satan gave him the power to do it. This is blaspheming the Holy Spirit (12:31).

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

The Pharisees accuse Jesus of working with Satan

Jesus’ power is greater than Satan’s power

The power of Jesus comes from the Holy Spirit, not from Satan

There are parallel passages for this section in Mark 3:22–30 and Luke 11:14–23.

12:30a

He who is not with Me is against Me,

¶ The person who does not join/stand with me is against me.
¶ Anyone who is not on my side is against me.

He who is not with Me is against Me: The phrase is not with Me means “is not on my side,” “does not support me,” or “is not my friend/ally.”

This clause indicates that there are two sides in the spiritual conflict: Jesus’ side and Satan’s side. There is no middle or neutral position.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

Anyone who is not helping/supporting me opposes me

If you are not on my side, you are against me (CEV)

The person who does not join with me is against me.

The person who does not work with me works against me

12:30b

and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

The person who does not gather in the harvest with me, he scatters it.
Anyone who does not gather people into God’s kingdom with me scatters them.

and he who does not gather with Me scatters: This clause is a figure of speech. This figure of speech means the same thing as 12:30a: anyone who is not helping Jesus in his work is opposing him.

Jesus did not say what he was gathering. Many scholars think he was comparing himself to a shepherd gathering sheep. Other scholars think he was comparing himself to a farmer gathering crops. In either case, he was comparing his action of gathering people into God’s kingdom to a human action.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

Use the specific example of sheep. For example:
He who does not help me gather my sheep is scattering them.
Use the specific example of crops. For example:
If you don’t gather in the harvest with me, you scatter it. (CEV)
Use a more generic word for gather. For example:
anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me (NLT)
Translate the meaning without using a figure of speech. Here this means that if someone is not calling people to come to God, like Jesus is, he is actually pushing people away from God. For example:
He who does not help me bring people to God scatters them so that they go away from God.

Translate this figure of speech in a way that is most natural in your language.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

ὁ μὴ ὢν μετ’ ἐμοῦ κατ’ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν; καὶ ὁ μὴ συνάγων μετ’ ἐμοῦ σκορπίζει

the_‹one› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ μή ὤν μετʼ ἐμοῦ κατʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστίν καί ὁ μή συνάγων μετʼ ἐμοῦ σκορπίζει)

Jesus is not referring to a specific individual. Rather, he is making a general statement that applies to any person or group of people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that refers to any person. Alternate translation: [Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not gather with me scatters] or [Those who are not with me are against me, and those who do not gather with me scatter]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὁ μὴ ὢν μετ’ ἐμοῦ

the_‹one› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ μή ὤν μετʼ ἐμοῦ κατʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστίν καί ὁ μή συνάγων μετʼ ἐμοῦ σκορπίζει)

The phrase with me describes people who support or are friendly to Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The one not being my friend] or [The one not helping me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ μὴ συνάγων μετ’ ἐμοῦ σκορπίζει

the_‹one› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ μή ὤν μετʼ ἐμοῦ κατʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστίν καί ὁ μή συνάγων μετʼ ἐμοῦ σκορπίζει)

Jesus implies that people are either gathering other people to him as disciples or scattering other people away from Jesus. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [the one not gathering people to be with me scatters people away from me]

Parallel MAT 12:30

Section 12:22–32: Jesus showed that he did not use Satan’s power

12:30a

12:30b