MARK 11:23 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and be thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening, it will be for him.

UST Also note this: If anyone says to this mountain, ‘Rise up and throw yourself into the sea,’ if he does not doubt that what he asks for will happen, that is, if he believes that it will happen, God will do it for him.

BSB “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

BLB Truly I say to you that whoever shall say to this mountain, 'Be you taken away and be you cast into the sea,' and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he says takes place, it will be done for him.

AICNT Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, {it will be done for him}.[fn]

11:23, it will be done for him: Some manuscripts read “he will have whatever he says.”

OEB ‘I tell you that if anyone should say to this hill “Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!”, without ever a doubt in his mind, but in the faith that what he says will be done, he would find that it would be.

WEBBE For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening, he shall have whatever he says.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(22-25)Jesus was matter-of-fact: “Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you. This mountain, for instance: Just say, ‘Go jump in the lake’—no shuffling or hemming and hawing—and it’s as good as done. That’s why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you’ll get God’s everything. And when you assume the posture of prayer, remember that it’s not all asking. If you have anything against someone, forgive—only then will your heavenly Father be inclined to also wipe your slate clean of sins.”

NET I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

LSV for truly I say to you that whoever may say to this mountain, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he says come to pass, it will be to him whatever he may say.

FBV “Believe me when I say to you that if you told this mountain, ‘Get out of here and be thrown into the sea,’ and you don't doubt in your heart, but are convinced about what you're asking, then it will happen!

TCNT [fn]For truly I say to you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, [fn]whatever he says will be granted to him.

11:23 For truly ¦ Truly NA SBL TH WH

11:23 whatever he says 93.2% ¦ it CT 0.3%

T4T Also note this: If anyone says to this hill, ‘Be raised up {Rise up} and then be thrown {throw yourself} into the lake!’ and if he does not doubt that what he asks for will happen, that is, if he believes that what he asks for will happen, God will do it for him.

LEB Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

BBE Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire.

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Wymth In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, `Remove, and hurl thyself into the sea,' and has no doubt about it in his heart, but stedfastly believes that what he says will happen, it shall be granted him.

ASV Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it.

DRA Amen I say to you, that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed and be cast into the sea, and shall not stagger in his heart, but believe, that whatsoever he saith shall be done; it shall be done unto him.

YLT for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he saith do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may say.

Drby Verily I say to you, that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but believe that what he says takes place, whatever he shall say shall come to pass for him.

RV Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it.

Wbstr For verily I say to you, that whoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that the things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatever he saith.

KJB-1769 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
( For verily/truly I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou/you removed, and be thou/you cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith/says shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. )

KJB-1611 For verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer shall say vnto this mountaine, Bee thou remoued, and bee thou cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall beleeue that those things which hee saith, shall come to passe: he shal haue whatsoeuer he saith.
(For verily/truly I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou/you removed, and be thou/you cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith, shall come to pass: he shall have whatsoever he saith.)

Bshps For, veryly I say vnto you, that whosoeuer shall say vnto this mountayne: Be thou remoued, and be thou cast into the sea, & shall not doubt in his heart, but shall beleue yt those thynges which he sayth shall come to passe, whatsoeuer he sayth, shalbe vnto hym.
(For, verily/truly I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain: Be thou/you removed, and be thou/you cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe it those things which he saith/says shall come to pass, whatsoever he sayth, shall be unto him.)

Gnva For verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer shall say vnto this mountaine, Be thou taken away, and cast into the sea, and shall not wauer in his heart, but shall beleeue that those things which he saieth, shall come to passe, whatsoeuer he saieth, shall be done to him.
(For verily/truly I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou/you taken away, and cast into the sea, and shall not wauer in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saieth, shall come to pass, whatsoever he saieth, shall be done to him. )

Cvdl Verely I saye vnto you: Who so euer saieth vnto this mountayne: Avoyde, and cast thy self in to the see, and douteth not in his hert, but beleueth that the thinges shal come to passe which he saieth, then loke what he sayeth, it shal come to passe.
(Verily/Truly I say unto you: Who so ever saith/says unto this mountain: Avoyde, and cast thy/your self in to the see, and douteth not in his heart, but believes that the things shall come to pass which he saieth, then look what he sayeth, it shall come to passe.)

TNT Verely I saye vnto you that whosoever shall saye vnto this mountayne: take awaye thy silfe and cast thy silfe in to the see and shall not waver in his herte but shall beleve that those thinges which he sayeth shall come to passe what soever he sayeth shalbe done to him.
(Verily/Truly I say unto you that whosoever shall say unto this mountain: take away thy/your self and cast thy/your self in to the sea and shall not waver in his heart but shall believe that those things which he sayeth shall come to pass what soever he sayeth shall be done to him. )

Wyc treuli Y seie to you, that who euer seith to this hil, Be thou takun, and cast in to the see; and doute not in his herte, but bileueth, that what euer he seie, schal be don, it schal be don to hym.
(truly I say to you, that who ever saith/says to this hill, Be thou/you taken, and cast in to the see; and doute not in his heart, but believes, that what ever he say, shall be done, it shall be done to him.)

Luth Wahrlich, ich sage euch, wer zu diesem Berge spräche: Heb‘ dich und wirf dich ins Meer! und zweifelte nicht in seinem Herzen, sondern glaubte, daß es geschehen würde, was er sagt, so wird‘s ihm geschehen, was er sagt.
(Wahrlich, I said you, who to this_one mountains/hills spräche: Heb‘ you/yourself and wirf you/yourself into_the Meer! and zweifelte not in his hearts, rather glaubte, that it geschehen würde, what/which he says, so wird‘s him geschehen, what/which he says.)

ClVg Amen dico vobis, quia quicumque dixerit huic monti: Tollere, et mittere in mare, et non hæsitaverit in corde suo, sed crediderit, quia quodcumque dixerit fiat, fiet ei.[fn]
(Amen dico vobis, because quicumque dixerit huic monti: Tollere, and mittere in mare, and not/no hæsitaverit in corde suo, but crediderit, because quodcumque dixerit fiat, fiet to_him. )

11.23 Quicunque dixerit. BEDA. Solent quidam dicere, quod nostri nondum plenam fidem habuerunt, etc., usque ad quanto a piorum læsione se expulsum gemit. HIER. Sed hoc factum est: quando dixerunt apostoli: Digne transferimur ad gentes, quia vos indignos judicatis Matth. 21.. BEDA. Notanda est distinctio deprecantium, etc., usque ad si tamen in se peccantibus primo dimittunt.

11.23 Quicunque dixerit. BEDA. Solent quidam dicere, that our nondum plenam faith habuerunt, etc., until to quanto from piorum læsione se expulsum gemit. HIER. But this done it_is: when dixerunt apostoli: Digne transferimur to gentes, because you indignos yulet_him_sayis Matth. 21.. BEDA. Notanda it_is distinctio deprecantium, etc., until to when/but_if tamen in se peccantibus primo dimittunt.

UGNT ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, ἄρθητι καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ μὴ διακριθῇ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ πιστεύῃ ὅτι ὃ λαλεῖ γίνεται, ἔσται αὐτῷ.
(amaʸn, legō humin, hoti hos an eipaʸ tōi orei toutōi, arthaʸti kai blaʸthaʸti eis taʸn thalassan, kai maʸ diakrithaʸ en taʸ kardia autou, alla pisteuaʸ hoti ho lalei ginetai, estai autōi.)

SBL-GNT ⸀ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ· Ἄρθητι καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ μὴ διακριθῇ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ ⸀πιστεύῃ ὅτι ⸂ὃ λαλεῖ γίνεται, ἔσται αὐτῷ⸃.
(⸀amaʸn legō humin hoti hos an eipaʸ tōi orei toutōi; Arthaʸti kai blaʸthaʸti eis taʸn thalassan, kai maʸ diakrithaʸ en taʸ kardia autou alla ⸀pisteuaʸ hoti ⸂ho lalei ginetai, estai autōi⸃.)

TC-GNT Ἀμὴν [fn]γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, Ἄρθητι, καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ μὴ διακριθῇ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ [fn]πιστεύσῃ ὅτι ἃ λέγει γίνεται· ἔσται αὐτῷ ὃ ἐὰν εἴπῃ.
(Amaʸn gar legō humin hoti hos an eipaʸ tōi orei toutōi, Arthaʸti, kai blaʸthaʸti eis taʸn thalassan, kai maʸ diakrithaʸ en taʸ kardia autou, alla pisteusaʸ hoti ha legei ginetai; estai autōi ho ean eipaʸ. )

11:23 γαρ ¦ — NA SBL TH WH

11:23 πιστευση οτι α λεγει γινεται εσται αυτω ο εαν ειπη 93.2% ¦ πιστευη οτι ο λαλει γινεται (γεινεται TH) εσται αυτω ECM NA SBL WH 0.3% ¦ πιστευσει οτι α λεγει γινεται εσται αυτω ο εαν ειπη ANT 0%

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, ἄρθητι καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ μὴ διακριθῇ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ πιστεύῃ ὅτι ὃ λαλεῖ γίνεται, ἔσται αὐτῷ

truly ˱I˲_/am/_saying ˱to˲_you_all that whoever ¬wishfully /may/_say ¬the ˱to˲_mountain this /be/_taken_away and /be/_cast into the sea and not ˱it˲_/may_be/_doubted in the heart ˱of˲_him but /may_be/_believing that whatever ˱he˲_/is/_speaking /is/_becoming will_be_‹done› ˱for˲_him

Here Jesus uses an imaginary situation to show that a person who has faith can do amazing things, like casting a mountain into the sea. Use a natural method in your language for introducing an imaginary situation. Alternate translation: “Truly I say this to you: imagine that someone says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and be thrown into the sea.’ If that person does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening, it will be for him.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, ἄρθητι καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ μὴ διακριθῇ

whoever ¬wishfully /may/_say ¬the ˱to˲_mountain this /be/_taken_away and /be/_cast into the sea and not ˱it˲_/may_be/_doubted

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “whoever tells this mountain to be taken up and to be thrown into the sea, and does not doubt”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

ὄρει τούτῳ

˱to˲_mountain this

Here, the phrase this mountain could refer to: (1) the Mount of Olives, which Jesus and his disciples were near. Alternate translation: “to the Mount of Olives” or “to the mountain we are near” (2) any mountain. Alternate translation: “to a mountain”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἄρθητι καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν

/be/_taken_away and /be/_cast into the sea

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 would do the action, it is clear from the context that it would be God. Alternate translation: “May God take you up and throw you into the sea”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

ἄρθητι καὶ βλήθητι

/be/_taken_away and /be/_cast

Since someone is talking to a mountain, the commands here are singular.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

μὴ διακριθῇ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ πιστεύῃ ὅτι ὃ λαλεῖ γίνεται

not ˱it˲_/may_be/_doubted in the heart ˱of˲_him but /may_be/_believing that whatever ˱he˲_/is/_speaking /is/_becoming

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than but in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternatively, you could combine the two phrases and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “believes that what he says is happening without doubting in his heart” or “truly believes in his heart that what he says is happening”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ

in the heart ˱of˲_him

In Jesus’ culture, the heart is the place where humans think and feel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate heart by referring to the place where humans think and feel in your culture or by expressing the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “in his mind” or “when he thinks about it”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

αὐτοῦ & λαλεῖ & αὐτῷ

˱of˲_him & ˱he˲_/is/_speaking & ˱for˲_him

Although the terms his, he, and him are masculine, Jesus is using the words 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: “his or her … he or she says … for that person”

Note 9 topic: translate-tense

γίνεται

/is/_becoming

Here Jesus uses the present tense to refer to something that would happen in the near future. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use whatever tense would be natural to refer to an event that will soon happen. Alternate translation: “will happen”

ἔσται αὐτῷ

will_be_‹done› ˱for˲_him

Alternate translation: “God will make it happen”

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