MAT 5:19 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Therefore anyone who breaks even a minor commandment and teaches others to do the same, will be seen as one of the least in the kingdom of the heavens, but anyone who practices and teaches the law will be considered outstanding in the kingdom.

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

ULT Therefore, whoever annuls one of the least of these commandments and teaches men to do so will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens. But whoever does and teaches them, that one will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

UST So then, suppose that someone disregards even one of the most insignificant laws. Also, suppose that this person teaches other people to do the same thing. This person will be insignificant in God’s heavenly kingdom. In contrast, suppose that someone obeys the laws and teaches other people to do the same thing. This person will be very important in God’s heavenly kingdom.

BSB § So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

BLB Whoever then shall break one of the least of these commandments and shall teach others the same, he will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whoever shall keep and shall teach them, he will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

AICNT “Whoever, therefore, breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so, will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens[; but whoever does and teaches them, this one will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens].[fn]

5:19, but whoever does and teaches them, this one will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens: Absent from some manuscripts including ℵ(01) D(05) W(032).

OEB Whoever, therefore, breaks one of these commandments, even the least of them, and teaches others to do so, will be the least esteemed in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps them, and teaches others to do so, will be esteemed great in the kingdom of heaven.

WEBBE Therefore, whoever shall break one of these least commandments and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

LSV Therefore whoever may loose one of these commands—the least—and may teach men so, he will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach [them], he will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

FBV So whoever disregards[fn] the least important commandment, and teaches people to do so, will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches the commandments will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

5:19 Or “invalidates.”

TCNT Therefore whoever does away with one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

T4T Since all God’s laws are important, if anyone disobeys any of those commandments, even if it would be one of the least important ones, and if that person teaches people to disobey any of those commandments, it will be said {God will say} that that person is the least important of those in the place where [EUP] God rules. But those who obey those commandments and teach other people to obey them, it will be said {God will say} that they are very important among those that God rules.

LEB Therefore whoever abolishes one of the least of these commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever keeps them and teaches them, this person will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

BBE Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

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Wymth Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

ASV Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

DRA He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

YLT 'Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands — the least — and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach [them], he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

Drby Whosoever then shall do away with one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whosoever shall practise and teach [them], he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

RV Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Wbstr Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever shall do, and teach them , the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

KJB-1769 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

KJB-1611 [fn]Whosoeuer therfore shall breake one of these least commaundements, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdome of heauen: but whosoeuer shall doe, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdome of heauen.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

5:19 Iames 2. 10.

Bshps Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen. But who so euer doeth, and teacheth (so) the same shalbe called great in the kyngdome of heauen.
(Whosoever therefore breaketh one of these least commandments, and teacheth/teaches men so, he shall be called the leaste in the kingdom of heaven. But who so ever doeth, and teacheth/teaches (so) the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.)

Gnva Whosoeuer therefore shall breake one of these least commandements, and teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdome of heauen: but whosoeuer shall obserue and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdome of heauen.
(Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall obserue and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. )

Cvdl Whosoeuer breaketh one of these least comaundmentes, and teacheth me so, he shalbe called the leest in the kyngdome of heauen, But whosoeuer obserueth and teacheth the same shalbe called greate in the kyngdome of heauen.
(Whosoever breaketh one of these least comaundmentes, and teacheth/teaches me so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven, But whosoever obserueth and teacheth/teaches the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.)

TNT Whosoever breaketh one of these lest commaundmentes and teacheth men so he shalbe called the leest in the kyngdome of heven. But whosoever obserueth and teacheth the same shal be called greate in the kyngdome of heven.
(Whosoever breaketh one of these lest commaundmentes and teacheth/teaches men so he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whosoever obserueth and teacheth/teaches the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. )

Wycl Therfor he that brekith oon of these leeste maundementis, and techith thus men, schal be clepid the leste in the rewme of heuenes; `but he that doith, and techith, schal be clepid greet in the kyngdom of heuenes.
(Therefore he that brekith one of these leaste maundementis, and teacheth/teaches thus men, shall be called the leste in the realm of heavens; `but he that doith, and teacheth/teaches, shall be called great in the kingdom of heavens.)

Luth Wer nun eins von diesen kleinsten Geboten auflöset und lehret die Leute also, der wird der Kleinste heißen im Himmelreich; wer es aber tut und lehret, der wird groß heißen im Himmelreich.
(Who now eins from this kleinsten Geboten auflöset and lehret the Leute also, the/of_the becomes the/of_the Kleinste heißen in_the heavenreich; who it but tut and lehret, the/of_the becomes large heißen in_the heavenreich.)

ClVg Qui ergo solverit unum de mandatis istis minimis, et docuerit sic homines, minimus vocabitur in regno cælorum: qui autem fecerit et docuerit, hic magnus vocabitur in regno cælorum.[fn]
(Who therefore solverit one about mandatis istis minimis, and docuerit so homines, minimus vocabitur in regno cælorum: who however fecerit and docuerit, this big vocabitur in regno cælorum. )

5.19 Qui ergo solverit, etc. Minima sunt crux Christi et passio, quam qui erubescit minimus est; qui confitetur magnus. Vel Pharisæos notat, qui mandata Dei dimiserunt pro suis traditionibus, quæ nihil valent, dum vel minimum, quod in lege est, prætereunt. Moraliter autem solvit qui non implet, sed tenet sicut infirmis data sunt. Vel qui non intelligit spiritualiter. Solvere, non est agere, quod recte intelligit, vel non intelligere quod non depravat, aut minuere integritatem superadditionis Christi. Minimus vocabitur, etc. In regno cœlorum minimus vocabitur qui erit in eo indignus, in quo nullus minimus sed omnes magni. Qui autem fecerit. Qui non solverit, et sic docet, non minimus, non tamen magnus: sed facit quod docet. Soli enim factores legis justi sunt apud Deum Rom. 2..

5.19 Who therefore solverit, etc. Minima are crux of_Christ and passio, how who erubescit minimus est; who confitetur big. Vel Pharisæos notat, who mandata of_God dimiserunt for to_his_own traditionibus, which nihil valent, dum or minimum, that in lege it_is, prætereunt. Moraliter however solvit who not/no implet, but holds like infirmis data are. Vel who not/no intelligit spiritualiter. Solvere, not/no it_is agere, that recte intelligit, or not/no intelligere that not/no depravat, aut minuere integritatem superadditionis of_Christ. Minimus vocabitur, etc. In regno cœlorum minimus vocabitur who will_be in eo indignus, in quo nullus minimus but everyone magni. Who however fecerit. Who not/no solverit, and so teaches, not/no minimus, not/no tamen big: but facit that teaches. Soli because factores legis justi are apud God Rom. 2..

UGNT ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων, καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ Βασιλεία τῶν Οὐρανῶν; ὃς δ’ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ, οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ Βασιλεία τῶν Οὐρανῶν.
(hos ean oun lusaʸ mian tōn entolōn toutōn tōn elaⱪistōn, kai didaxaʸ houtōs tous anthrōpous, elaⱪistos klaʸthaʸsetai en taʸ Basileia tōn Ouranōn; hos d’ an poiaʸsaʸ kai didaxaʸ, houtos megas klaʸthaʸsetai en taʸ Basileia tōn Ouranōn.)

SBL-GNT ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν· ὃς δʼ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ, οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν.
(hos ean oun lusaʸ mian tōn entolōn toutōn tōn elaⱪistōn kai didaxaʸ houtōs tous anthrōpous, elaⱪistos klaʸthaʸsetai en taʸ basileia tōn ouranōn; hos dʼ an poiaʸsaʸ kai didaxaʸ, houtos megas klaʸthaʸsetai en taʸ basileia tōn ouranōn.)

TC-GNT Ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων, καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν· ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ, οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν.
(Hos ean oun lusaʸ mian tōn entolōn toutōn tōn elaⱪistōn, kai didaxaʸ houtō tous anthrōpous, elaⱪistos klaʸthaʸsetai en taʸ basileia tōn ouranōn; hos d an poiaʸsaʸ kai didaxaʸ, houtos megas klaʸthaʸsetai en taʸ basileia tōn ouranōn. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὃς ἐὰν & λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων, καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ Βασιλεία τῶν Οὐρανῶν

whoever if & /may/_break one ˱of˲_the commandments ˱of˲_these the least and /may/_teach thus the people least /will_be_being/_called in the whoever (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ Βασιλείᾳ τῶν Οὐρανῶν ὃς δʼ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ Βασιλείᾳ τῶν Οὐρανῶν)

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was God. You may also need to rearrange the elements in the sentence. Alternate translation: “God will call least in the kingdom of the heavens anyone who annuls one of the least of these commandments and teaches men to do so”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῶν ἐλαχίστων & ἐλάχιστος

˱of˲_the the least & least

Here, the word least identifies something that is not very important. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “of the least important … least important”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τοὺς ἀνθρώπους

the people

Although the term men is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “men and women” or “others”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὃς δ’ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ, οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ Βασιλεία τῶν Οὐρανῶν

whoever whoever but ¬wishfully /may/_practice and /may/_teach this_‹one› great /will_be_being/_called in the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ Βασιλείᾳ τῶν Οὐρανῶν ὃς δʼ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ Βασιλείᾳ τῶν Οὐρανῶν)

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was God. You may also need to rearrange the elements in the sentence. Alternate translation: “But God will call great in the kingdom of the heavens anyone who does and teaches them”

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