Verse 26

If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Hvis noen tjener meg, la ham følge meg; og hvor jeg er, der skal også min tjener være; hvis noen tjener meg, vil min Far hedre ham.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Hvis noen vil tjene meg, må han følge meg; og der jeg er, der vil også min tjener være. Hvis noen tjener meg, vil min Far ære ham.

• Norsk King James

  Hvis noen vil tjene meg, la ham følge meg; og hvor jeg er, der skal også min tjener være; hvis noen tjener meg, vil min Far ære ham.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvis noen vil tjene meg, må han følge meg, og der jeg er, skal også min tjener være. Hvis noen tjener meg, skal Faderen ære ham.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Hvis noen tjener meg, la ham følge meg; og hvor jeg er, der skal også min tjener være: hvis noen tjener meg, ham skal min Far ære.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Den som vil tjene meg, må følge meg, og der jeg er, der skal også min tjener være. Den som tjener meg, ham skal Faderen ære.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Om noen vil tjene meg, så må han følge meg, og der jeg er, der skal også min tjener være. Den som tjener meg, ære min Far.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Den som vil tjene meg, skal følge etter meg, og der jeg er, skal også min tjener være. Den som tjener meg, vil min Far hedre.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Den som vil tjene meg, må følge meg; og der jeg er, skal også min tjener være. Hvis noen tjener meg, skal min Far ære ham.

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

  Den som vil tjene meg, må følge meg; og der jeg er, skal også min tjener være. Hvis noen tjener meg, skal min Far ære ham.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om noen vil tjene meg, må han følge meg. Og der jeg er, der skal også min tjener være. Den som tjener meg, ham skal Faderen ære.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Den som tjener meg, må følge meg. Og der jeg er, skal også min tjener være. Hvis noen tjener meg, skal Faderen ære ham.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om Nogen vil tjene mig, da følge han mig, og hvor jeg er, der skal og min Tjener være; og om Nogen tjener mig, ham skal Faderen ære.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis noen vil tjene meg, la ham følge meg, og der jeg er, der skal også min tjener være. Hvis noen tjener meg, vil min Far ære ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis noen vil tjene meg, så må han følge meg. Der jeg er, der skal også min tjener være. Den som tjener meg, ham skal Faderen ære.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis noen tjener meg, skal han følge meg, og der jeg er, der skal også min tjener være. Hvis noen tjener meg, skal Faderen ære ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvis noen vil tjene meg, må han følge meg; og der jeg er, der skal også min tjener være. Hvis noen tjener meg, vil Faderen ære ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvis noen vil tjene meg, må han følge meg, og hvor jeg er, der skal også tjeneren min være. Hvis noen tjener meg, skal Faderen ære ham.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  If eny man mynister vnto me let him folowe me and where I am there shall also my minister be. And yf eny man minister vnto me him will my father honoure.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He that wyl serue me, let him folowe me. And where I am, there shal my seruaunt be also: and he that serueth me, him shal my father honoure.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If any man serue me, let him followe me: for where I am, there shall also my seruant be: and if any man serue me, him will my Father honour.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will› [my] ‹Father honour.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me -- honour him will the Father.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

• World English Bible (2000)

  If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore the LORD God of Israel says, I did indeed say that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are confident, I say, and prefer to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
• Gal 1:10 : 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that those also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
• John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
• John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
• Num 14:24 : 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land where he went; and his offspring shall possess it.
• Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with your likeness.
• Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
• Col 3:24 : 24 Knowing that from the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for you serve the Lord Christ.
• 1 Thess 4:17-18 : 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Therefore, comfort one another with these words.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
• 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
• Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
• 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
• Eph 5:1-2 : 1 Be therefore followers of God, as beloved children; 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
• John 21:22 : 22 Jesus said to him, If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.
• Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
• Rom 14:18 : 18 For anyone who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
• Prov 27:18 : 18 Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored.
• Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
• Matt 25:21 : 21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.
• Mark 8:34 : 34 And when he had called the people to him, with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Luke 6:46 : 46 And why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not do the things which I say?
• Luke 9:23 : 23 And he said to them all, If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
• Num 32:11 : 11 Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me,
• John 13:16 : 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.
• John 14:15 : 15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
• John 14:21-23 : 21 He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. 22 Judas, not Iscariot, said to him, Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world? 23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
• John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.