Verse 35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men elsk deres fiender, og gjør godt, og lån uten å håpe noe igjen; og deres lønn skal bli stor, og dere skal være barn av den Høyeste; for han er god mot de utakknemlige og de onde.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men elsk deres fiender, og gjør godt, og lån uten å ha noe håp om å få tilbake; og deres belønning vil bli stor, og dere vil være sønner av Den Høyeste, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Norsk King James

  Men elsk deres fiender, og gjør godt, og lån uten å forvente noe tilbake; og deres belønning skal bli stor, og dere skal være barn av den Høyeste; for han er vennlig mot de utakknemlige og de onde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men elsk fiendene deres, gjør godt og lån uten å håpe på noe tilbake, og lønnen deres skal bli stor. Dere skal være den Høyes sønner, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men elsk deres fiender, gjør godt og lån bort uten å håpe på å få noe tilbake; og deres lønn skal være stor, og dere skal være Den Høyestes barn: for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men elsk deres fiender, gjør godt, og lån uten å håpe å få igjen noe. Da skal deres lønn bli stor, og dere skal være barn av Den Høyeste, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men elsk fiendene deres, gjør godt og lån ut uten å håpe på noe igjen; og deres lønn skal være stor, og dere skal være den Høyestes barn, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men elsk deres fiender, gjør godt og lån ut uten å forvente noe tilbake; deres lønn skal være stor, og dere skal kalles Den Høyerstes barn, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men elsk fiendene deres, gjør godt og lån ut uten å vente noe tilbake. Da skal lønnen deres være stor, og dere skal være Den Høyestes barn, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Men elsk fiendene deres, gjør godt og lån ut uten å vente noe tilbake. Da skal lønnen deres være stor, og dere skal være Den Høyestes barn, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men elsk fiendene deres, gjør godt og lån uten å håpe på å få noe igjen. Da skal deres lønn bli stor, og dere skal være barn av Den Høyeste, for Han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men elsk deres fiender, gjør godt og lån uten å forvente noe til gjengjeld. Da skal deres belønning bli stor, og dere skal være barn av Den høyeste, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men elsker eders Fjender, og gjører vel og laaner, ventende Intet derfor, saa skal eders Løn være stor, og I skulle være den Høiestes Børn; thi han er god mod de Utaknemmelige og Onde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men elsk deres fiender, gjør godt og lån ut uten å vente noe tilbake, og deres lønn skal være stor, og dere skal være Den Høyestes barn. For han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men elsk fiendene deres, gjør godt og lån ut uten å forvente noe tilbake; da skal belønningen deres bli stor, og dere skal være barn av Den Høyeste, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men elsk fiendene deres, gjør godt og lån ut uten å vente å få noe igjen, og lønnen deres skal bli stor, og dere skal være Den Høyestes barn, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men elsk deres fiender, gjør godt og lån uten å håpe på noe tilbake; da skal deres lønn bli stor, og dere skal være Den Høyestes barn, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men elsk fiendene deres, gjør godt og lån uten å vente noe i retur, og stor skal lønnen deres være, og dere skal være Den Høyestes barn, for han er god mot de utakknemlige og onde.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Wherfore love ye youre enemys do good and lende lokynge for nothinge agayne and youre rewarde shalbe greate and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde and to the evyll.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But rather loue ye yor enemies, do good, and lende, lokynge for nothinge therof agayne: so shal yor rewarde be greate, and ye shalbe the children of the Hyest, for he is kynde, euen to the vnthankfull and to the euell.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and doe good, and lend, looking for nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the children of the most High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euill.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But loue ye your enemies, & do good, and lende, lokyng for nothyng agayne: and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde, & to the euyll.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and› [to] ‹the evil.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But love your enemies, and do [them] good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:44-45 : 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you; 45 That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
• John 13:35 : 35 By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.
• Prov 22:9 : 9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
• Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.
• Ps 145:9 : 9 The LORD is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.
• Prov 19:17 : 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.
• Lev 25:35-37 : 35 And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he is a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you. 36 Take no usury from him, or increase; but fear your God; that your brother may live with you. 37 You shall not give him your money upon usury, nor lend him your food for increase.
• Ps 37:26 : 26 He is ever merciful, and lends, and his descendants are blessed.
• 1 John 3:10-14 : 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother. 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
• 1 John 4:7-9 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
• John 15:8 : 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you shall be my disciples.
• Acts 14:17 : 17 Nevertheless, He did not leave Himself without witness, He did good, giving us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
• Rom 5:8-9 : 8 But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
• Mark 5:7 : 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you by God, do not torment me.
• Luke 1:32 : 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
• Luke 6:27-31 : 27 But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. 29 And to him who strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and to him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them back. 31 And as you would that men should do to you, do also to them likewise.