Verse 40

And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og Kongen skal svare og si til dem: Sannelig, jeg sier dere, i den grad dere har gjort det mot en av disse mine minste brødre, har dere gjort det mot meg.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og Kongen skal svare dem: "Sannelig, jeg sier til dere: For så meget som dere gjorde dette mot en av disse mine minste brødre, gjorde dere det mot meg."

• Norsk King James

  Og Kongen skal svare og si til dem: Sannelig, jeg sier dere, i den grad dere har gjort det mot en av de minste av mine brødre, har dere gjort det mot meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kongen vil svare: Sannelig sier jeg dere, det dere gjorde for en av mine minste brødre, gjorde dere for meg.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Da skal kongen svare dem og si: 'Sannelig, jeg sier dere: For så sant dere har gjort det mot en av disse mine minste brødre, har dere gjort det mot meg.'

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Kongen skal svare dem: 'Sannelig, jeg sier dere: Alt dere gjorde mot én av disse mine minste brødre, det gjorde dere mot meg.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og kongen skal svare dem: Sannelig sier jeg dere: Det dere gjorde mot én av disse mine minste brødre, det gjorde dere mot meg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Kongen skal svare dem: Sannelig, jeg sier dere: Alt dere gjorde for en av mine minste brødre, gjorde dere for meg.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Kongen skal svare: «Sannelig sier jeg dere: Det dere har gjort mot én av disse mine minste søsken, har dere gjort mot meg.»

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

  Kongen skal svare: «Sannelig sier jeg dere: Det dere har gjort mot én av disse mine minste søsken, har dere gjort mot meg.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Kongen skal svare dem: Sannelig, jeg sier dere: Alt dere gjorde mot én av disse mine minste brødre, det gjorde dere mot meg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me.’

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Matthew.25.40", "source": "Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Βασιλεὺς ἐρεῖ αὐτοῖς, Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, Ἐφʼ ὅσον ἐποιήσατε ἑνὶ τούτων τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου τῶν ἐλαχίστων, ἐμοὶ ἐποιήσατε.", "text": "And *apokritheis* the *Basileus* *erei* to them, *Amēn* *legō* to you, To the extent *epoiēsate* to one of these of the *adelphōn* of me the *elachistōn*, to me *epoiēsate*.", "grammar": { "*apokritheis*": "aorist passive participle, nominative masculine singular - having answered", "*basileus*": "nominative masculine singular - king", "*erei*": "future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will say", "*amēn*": "Hebrew transliteration - truly/certainly", "*legō*": "present active indicative, 1st person singular - I say", "*epoiēsate*": "aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you did", "*adelphōn*": "genitive masculine plural - of brothers", "*elachistōn*": "genitive masculine plural - of least" }, "variants": { "*apokritheis*": "having answered/replied/responded", "*basileus*": "king/ruler/sovereign", "*erei*": "will say/tell/speak", "*amēn*": "truly/certainly/verily", "*legō*": "I say/tell/speak", "*epoiēsate*": "you did/performed/accomplished", "*adelphōn*": "brothers/siblings/fellow believers", "*elachistōn*": "least/smallest/most insignificant" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Kongen skal svare og si til dem: 'Sannelig, jeg sier dere: Under det dere gjorde mot en av disse mine minste brødre, det gjorde dere mot meg.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Kongen skal svare og sige til dem: Sandelig siger jeg eder: Saa meget, som I have gjort for een af disse mine mindste Brødre, have I gjort for mig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Kongen skal svare dem og si: Sannelig, jeg sier dere: Alt dere gjorde mot én av disse mine minste brødre, gjorde dere mot meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Kongen skal svare dem: 'Sannelig, jeg sier dere: Alt dere gjorde mot én av mine minste brødre {Ordet "brødre" kan også oversettes "brødre og søstre" eller "søsken."} gjorde dere mot meg.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og kongen skal svare og si til dem: Sannelig sier jeg dere: Alt dere gjorde mot en av disse mine minste brødre, det gjorde dere mot meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Kongen skal svare dem: Sannelig, jeg sier dere, det dere gjorde mot én av disse mine minste brødre, det gjorde dere mot meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og kongen skal svare dem: Sannelig, jeg sier dere: Alt dere gjorde mot én av disse mine minste brødre, det gjorde dere mot meg.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And ye kynge shall answere and saye vnto them: verely I saye vnto you: in as moche as ye have done it vnto one of ye leest of these my brethren ye have done it to me.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you: Loke what ye haue done vnto one of the least of these my brethren, the same haue ye done vnto me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done› [it] ‹unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done› [it] ‹unto me.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, you did it to me.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did `it'.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
• Prov 14:31 : 31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.
• Mark 9:41 : 41 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
• 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. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.
• 1 John 4:20-5:2 : 20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• 1 John 3:14-19 : 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. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
• Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• John 21:15-17 : 15 When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. 16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
• Acts 9:4-5 : 4 And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? 5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting: it is hard for you to kick against the goads.
• Matt 18:5-6 : 5 And whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me. 6 But whoever offends one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the King will say to those on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Matt 10:40 : 40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
• Prov 25:6-7 : 6 Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men; 7 For it is better to be told, "Come up here," than to be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.
• 2 Sam 9:1 : 1 And David said, Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
• 2 Sam 9:7 : 7 And David said to him, Fear not: for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.
• Matt 28:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid; go tell my brethren to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me.
• John 19:26-27 : 26 When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, he said to his mother, Woman, behold your son! 27 Then he said to the disciple, Behold your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
• John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.
• Eph 5:30 : 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
• 1 Thess 4:9-9 : 9 But concerning brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. 10 And indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia, but we beseech you, brethren, that you increase more and more.
• 1 Cor 16:21-22 : 21 The greeting is in my own hand—Paul. 22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maranatha.
• 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died: 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
• 2 Cor 8:7-9 : 7 Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us, see that you abound in this grace also. 8 I speak not by commandment, but as a test of the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others. 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.
• Heb 2:11-15 : 11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of one; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare Your name to my brethren, in the midst of the church I will sing praise to You. 13 And again, I will put my trust in Him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God has given me. 14 Since then the children partake of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
• Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
• Mark 3:34-35 : 34 And he looked around at those who sat around him, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
• Matt 18:10 : 10 Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, That in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
• Matt 12:49-50 : 49 And he stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said, Look, my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.