MARK 10:45 Parallel Verse View

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ULT For even 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.”

UST Even I, the Son of Man, did not come to receive service but to give service and to die for people as payment for their sin, buying them freedom from the punishment God set for sinners.”

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

BLB For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."

AICNT For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

OEB for even the Son of Man came, not be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.’

2DT For the Son of Humanity did not come to be served but to serve and to give his self as liberation price for many.”

WEBBE For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

LSV for even the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His life [as] a ransom for many.”

FBV For even the Son of man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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

T4T You should imitate me. Even though I am the one who has come from heaven, I did not come to be served {for others to serve me}. On the contrary, I came in order to serve others and to allow others to kill me, in order that my dying for people would be like a payment to rescue many people from being punished {God punishing them} for their sins.”

LEB For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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BBE For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

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Wymth For the Son of Man also did not come to be waited upon, but to wait on others, and to give His life as the redemption-price for a multitude of people."

ASV For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

DRA For the Son of man also is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.

YLT for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

Drby For also the Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many.

RV For verily the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Wbstr For even the son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

KJB-1769 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

KJB-1611 For euen the Sonne of man came not to bee ministred vnto, but to minister, and to giue his life a ransome for many.
(For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransome for many.)

Bshps For the sonne of man also came not to be ministred vnto: but to minister, & to geue his lyfe, a raunsome for many.
(For the son of man also came not to be ministered unto: but to minister, and to give his life, a raunsome for many.)

Gnva For euen the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the raunsome of many.
(For even the Son of man came not to be served, but to serue, and to give his life for the raunsome of many. )

Cvdl For the sonne of man also came not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redempcion for many.
(For the son of man also came not to be served, but to do seruyce, and to give his life to a redempcion for many.)

TNT For even the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto: but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.
(For even the son of man came not to be ministered unto: but to minister and to give his life for the redempcion of many. )

Wycl For whi mannus sone cam not, that it schulde be mynystrid to hym, but that he schulde mynystre, and yyue his lijf ayenbiyng for manye.
(For why man's son came not, that it should be mynystrid to him, but that he should mynystre, and give his life ayenbiyng for manye.)

Luth Denn auch des Menschen Sohn ist nicht kommen, daß er sich dienen lasse, sondern daß er diene und gebe sein Leben zur Bezahlung für viele.
(Because also the Menschen son is not coming, that he itself/yourself/themselves dienen lasse, rather that he diene and give his life to Bezahlung for viele.)

ClVg Nam et Filius hominis non venit ut ministraretur ei, sed ut ministraret, et daret animam suam redemptionem pro multis.
(Nam and Son of_man not/no he_came as ministraretur ei, but as ministraret, and would_give animam his_own redemptionem for multis. )

UGNT καὶ γὰρ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.
(kai gar ho Huios tou Anthrōpou ouk aʸlthen diakonaʸthaʸnai, alla diakonaʸsai, kai dounai taʸn psuⱪaʸn autou lutron anti pollōn.)

SBL-GNT καὶ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.
(kai gar ho huios tou anthrōpou ouk aʸlthen diakonaʸthaʸnai alla diakonaʸsai kai dounai taʸn psuⱪaʸn autou lutron anti pollōn.)

TC-GNT Καὶ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.
(Kai gar ho huios tou anthrōpou ouk aʸlthe diakonaʸthaʸnai, alla diakonaʸsai, kai dounai taʸn psuⱪaʸn autou lutron anti pollōn. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a reason why the disciples should act like servants and slaves for other disciples. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for commands, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: [In fact,] or [I command that because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου & αὐτοῦ

the Son ¬the ˱of˲_Man & ˱of˲_him

Here Jesus speaks about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first person. Alternate translation: [I, who am the Son of Man, … my]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν

not came /to_be/_served but /to/_serve and /to/_give the life ˱of˲_him ˱as˲_/a/_ransom for many

If your language would not naturally put the negative statement before the positive statement, you could reverse the two clauses here. Alternate translation: [came to serve and to give his life as a ransom in exchange for many, not to be served]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

οὐκ ἦλθεν

not came

Here, the word come refers to the Son of Man entering this world as a human to do what God called him to do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [did not come to this world] or [is not acting]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

διακονηθῆναι

/to_be/_served

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, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: [for people to serve him] or [to have people serve him]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι

but /to/_serve

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [but he came to serve]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν

/to/_give the life ˱of˲_him ˱as˲_/a/_ransom for many

Here Jesus speaks as if his life were a price or ransom he would give to free many from someone or something that owned or controlled them. He means that he will obtain forgiveness for his people’s sins and will keep those sins from controlling them. This is an important biblical image, so if possible preserve the figure of speech or express the idea in simile form. Alternate translation: [to offer his life as if it were a ransom to set many free from sin]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ

/to/_give the life ˱of˲_him

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of life, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [to allow himself to die]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

πολλῶν

many

Jesus is using the adjective many as a noun to mean many people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [many men and women]

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