Matthew 25:21

From Textus Receptus

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• ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 25:21 ἔφη δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ, Εὖ, δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ, ἐπὶ ὀλίγα ἦς πιστός, ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω· εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου.

(Textus Receptus, Novum Testamentum, Theodore Beza, 5th major edition. Geneva. 1598)

• Matthew 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

(King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition 1900)

• Matthew 25:21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, you 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.’

(King James Version 2016 Edition, 2016) - buy the revised and updated printed 2023 Edition New Testament here

(Progressive King James Version)

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Greek

Textus Receptus

• 1514 (Complutensian Polyglot)

Desiderius Erasmus

• 1516 (Erasmus 1st Novum Instrumentum omne)
• 1519 (Erasmus 2nd)
• 1522 (Erasmus 3rd Novum Testamentum omne)
• 1527 (Erasmus 4th)
• 1535 (Erasmus 5th)

Colinæus

• 1534 (Colinæus)

Stephanus (Robert Estienne)

• 1546 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 1st)
• 1549 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 2nd)
• 1550 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 3rd - Editio Regia)
• 1551 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 4th)

Theodore Beza

• 1565 (Beza 1st)
• 1565 (Beza Octavo 1st)
• 1567 (Beza Octavo 2nd)
• 1580 (Beza Octavo 3rd)
• 1582 (Beza 2nd)
• 1589 (Beza 3rd)
• 1590 (Beza Octavo 4th)
• 1598 (Beza 4th)

See Also Matthew 25:21 Beza 1598 (Beza)

• 1604 (Beza Octavo 5th)

Elzevir

• 1624 (Elzevir)
• 1633 (Elzevir)
• 1641 (Elzevir)

Scholz

• 1841 (Scholz)

Scrivener

• 1894 (? ????? ???T???)

Other Greek

• 1857 (Tregelles' Greek New Testament)
• (Tischendorf 8th Ed.)
• 1881 (Westcott & Hort)
• (Greek orthodox Church)

Anglo Saxon Translations

• 1000 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Manuscript 140, Corpus Christi College by Aelfric)

• 1200 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Hatton Manuscript 38, Bodleian Library by unknown author)

English Translations

• 1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
• 1395 His lord seide to hym, Wel be thou, good seruaunt and feithful; for on fewe thingis thou hast be trewe, Y schal ordeyne thee on manye thingis; entre thou in to the ioye of thi lord. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
• 1534 The his master sayde vnto him: well good servaut and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in lytell I will make the ruler over moche: entre in into thy masters ioye. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)
• 1535 Then sayde his lorde vnto hi: wel thou good & faithfull seruaunt, thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle, I wil set the ouer moch: entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde. (Coverdale Bible)
• 1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)
• 1540 His Lord sayde vnto him: well thou good and faythfull seruaunt. Thou hast bene faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyll make the ruler ouer many thinges: entre thou into the ioye of thy Lorde. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)
• 1549 Then his maister sayde vnto him: Well good seruaunt and faithfull. Thou hast bene faythfull in litle, I wyll make the rueler ouer muche enter in into thy maisters ioye. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)
• 1557 (Geneva 1557) by William Whittingham
• 1560
• 1568 His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde. (Bishop's Bible First Edition)
• 1572 (Bishop's Bible)
• 1582 (Rheims 1582)
• 1587 Then his master saide vnto him, It is well done good seruant and faithfull, Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I will make thee ruler ouer much: enter into thy masters ioy. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
• 1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
• 1611 His lord said vnto him, Well done, thou good and faithfull seruant, thou hast been faithfull ouer a few things, I wil make thee ruler ouer many things: enter thou into the ioy of thy lord. (King James Version)
• 1729 his lord said to him, well done, thou art an honest faithful servant; thou hast been faithful in a small trust, I will give thee a much larger trust; go in and partake of thy master's diversions. (Mace New Testament)
• 1745 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant; because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)
• 1762 (King James Version)
• 1769 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)
• 1770 and his lord said to him, Well done, my good and trusty servant, thou hast been faithful in a few things, I will set thee over many, enter into thy master's joy. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)
• 1790 His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)
• 1795 His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many: enter into the joy of thy master. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)
• 1833 His lord said to him, Well done thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)
• 1835 His master answered, Well done, good and faithful servant, you have been faithful in a small matter, I will give you a more important trust. Partake you of your master’s joy. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)
• 1849 His lord said to him, It is well, good and faithful servant; over a little thou hast been faithful, over much I will establish thee: enter into the joy of thy lord. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)
• 1850 (King James Version by Committee)
• 1851 (Murdock Translation)
• 1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society
• 1858 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few [talents], I will place you over many: enter into the joy of your lord. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)
• 1865 Said to him the lord of him: Well, O slave good and faithful; over a few (things) thou wast faithful, over many thee I will place; enter into the joy of the lord of thee. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)
• 1865 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)
• 1869 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant! thou hast been faithful over a little, I will place thee in charge of much; enter into the joy of thy lord. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)
• 1873 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)
• 1885 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)
• 1890 His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)
• 1898 `And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord. (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)
• 1901 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)
• 1902 His lord said unto him––Well–done! good and faithful servant,––Over a few things wast thou faithful, over many things, will I appoint thee: Enter into the joy of thy lord. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)
• 1902 His lord said to him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou wast faithful over few things, and I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)
• 1904 His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your lord.' (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)
• 1904 'Well done, good, trustworthy servant!' said his master. 'You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master's joy!' (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)
• 1911 (Syrus Scofield)
• 1912 "'You have done well, good and trustworthy servant,' replied his master; 'you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.' (Weymouth New Testament)
• 1918 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many: enter into the joy of thy lord. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)
• 1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)
• 1982 (New King James Version) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
• 1984 (New International Version)(NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®
• 1995 (New American Standard Bible) NASB (©1995)
• 1999 (American King James Version)AKJV
• 2000 (King James 2000 Bible©)n
• 2005 (Today’s New International Version)
• (BBE)
• 2009 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)(HCSB) Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
• (21st Century King James Version) Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc.
• (Common English Bible) Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible
• (GOD’S WORD Translation)(GW) Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
• (Contemporary English Version)(CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society
• (New Living Translation)(NLT) Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation.
• (Amplified Bible) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
• (The Message) (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson
• (New International Reader's Version) (NIRV) Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc.®.
• (Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

See also Bible translations into Afrikaans

Afrikaans

• 1933 (Ta Biblia Ta Logia - J. D. du Toit, E. E. van Rooyen, J. D. Kestell, H. C. M. Fourie, and BB Keet
• 1953
• 1982 Paraphrase - Die Lewende Bybel, Christelike Uitgewersmaatskappy (CUM)
• 1982 South African Bible Society - E. P. Groenewald, A. H. van Zyl, P. A. Verhoef, J. L. Helberg, and W. Kempen
• 1983 © Bybelgenootskap van Suid Afrika
• 2001 The Nuwe Wêreld-vertaling van die Heilige Skrif is an Afrikaans translation of the 1984 English translation of the Bible by the Watchtower Society.
• 2002 Die Boodskap
• 2002 DieBybel@Kinders.co.za - Gert Prinsloo, Phil Botha, Willem Boshoff, Hennie Stander, Dirk Human, Stephan Joubert, and Jan van der Watt.
• 2006 The Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (literally "New Living Translation")
• 2008 Bybel vir Almal - South African Bible Society, Bart Oberholzer, Bernard Combrink, Hermie van Zyl, Francois Tolmie, Christo van der Merwe, Rocco Hough en Elmine Roux.
• 2014 Direct Translation, South African Bible Society
• 2014 Afrikaans Standard Version, CUM Books

Akan

Albabian

Amuzgo de Guerrero

• 1973 Amuzgo de Guerrero (AMU) Copyright © 1973, 1999 by La Liga Biblica
• 1999

Armenian

Arabic

• 1516
• 1591
• 1616
• 1622
• 1671 Biblia Arabica. de propaganda fide. Arabic and Latin Bible printed in Rome by Abraham Ecchellensis and Louis Maracci
• فقال له سيده نعمّا ايها العبد الصالح والامين كنت امينا في القليل فاقيمك على الكثير. ادخل الى فرح سيدك. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)
• 1988 Arabic Life Application Bible (ALAB) Copyright © 1988 by Biblica
• 2009 Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-AR) Copyright © 2009 by World Bible Translation Center

Aramaic/Syriac

• (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

• 1571 Erran cieçón bere nabussiac, Vngui, cerbitzari oná eta leyalá: gauça gutian içan aiz leyal, anhitzaren gaineco eçarriren aut: sar adi eure nabussiaren alegrançan.

Bulgarian

• 1940 (1940 Bulgarian Bible)
• (Матей 25:21) (Bulgarian Bible)

Cherokee

• 1860 Cherokee New Testament (CHR)

Chinese

• 1 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))
• 1 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))
• 25:21 (Chinese King James Version)

Croatian

Czech

• 1613

Danish

Dutch

• 1619

Esperanto

Finnish

• 1619
• 1938

French

• Son maitre lui dit: Bien, bon et fidele esclave; tu as ete fidele en peu de chose, je t'etablirai sur beaucoup: entre dans la joie de ton maitre. (French Darby)
• 1744 Et son Seigneur lui dit : cela va bien, bon et fidèle serviteur; tu as été fidèle en peu de chose, je t'établirai sur beaucoup; viens participer à la joie de ton Seigneur. (Martin 1744)
• 1744 (Ostervald 1744)
• 1864 (Augustin Crampon)
• 1910
• 2006 (King James Française)

German

• 1545 (Luther 1545)
• 1871 (Elberfelder 1871)
• 1912 Da sprach sein Herr zu ihm: Ei, du frommer und getreuer Knecht, du bist über wenigem getreu gewesen, ich will dich über viel setzen; gehe ein zu deines Herrn Freude! (Luther 1912)

Greek

• 1904 (Greek Orthodox (B. Antoniades))
• Modern Greek (Trinitarian Bible Society)

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

• 1649 E il suo signore gli disse: Bene sta, buono e fedel servitore; tu sei stato leale in poca cosa; io ti costituirò sopra molte cose; entra nella gioia del tuo signore. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)
• 1927 E il suo padrone gli disse: Va bene, buono e fedel servitore; sei stato fedele in poca cosa, ti costituirò sopra molte cose; entra nella gioia del tuo Signore. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

• 1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Kabyle

Khmer

• 1928

Latin

• ait illi dominus eius euge bone serve et fidelis quia super pauca fuisti fidelis super multa te constituam intra in gaudium domini tui Latin Vulgate
• 1527 (Erasmus 1527)
• 1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)
• 1565 (Beza)
• 1598 (Beza)

Latvian

Maori

• 1833
• 1837
• 1858
• 1868 (Formal translation based on the Greek 'Received Text': Trinitarian Bible Society)
• 1833
• 1952

Norwegian

• 1930

Pidgin

• 1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Portugese

Potawatomi

• 1833 (Potawatomi Matthew and Acts)

Romainian

• 1551 (Slavic-Romanian Gospel)
• 1561 (Coresi's Gospel)
• 1570 (The Braşov Psalm Book) Psalms Only
• 1582 (Palia from Orăştie)
• 1648 (The New Testament of Alba Iulia)
• 1688 (Biblia de la Bucureşti - Bucharest Bible)
• 1911 (Nitzulescu - British and Foreign Bible Society)
• 1921 (Cornilescu)
• 1924 (Cornilescu - British and Foreign Bible Society)
• 1989 (Gute Botschaft Verlag)
• 2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna - Textus Receptus Based)
• 2013 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba română - based upon the Textus Receptus / King James Version)
• 2014 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba română - based upon the Textus Receptus / King James Version)
• 2014 (Cornilescu 90th anniversary definitive edition - British and Foreign Bible Society)

Russian

• 1876 Господин его сказал ему: хорошо, добрый и верный раб! в малом ты был верен, над многим тебя поставлю; войди в радость господина твоего. Russian Synodal Version
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Sanskrit

• 1851

Shur

Spanish

See Also Bible translations (Spanish)

• 1543 (Francisco de Enzinas New Testament)
• 1556 (Juan Perez de Pineda New Testament and book of Psalms)
• 1569 (Sagradas Escrituras)
• 1814 Valera Revision
• 1817 Valera Revision
• 1831 Valera Revision
• 1858 Reina Valera
• 1862 Valera Revision
• 1865 Valera Revision (American Bible Society Revisión)
• 1869 Valera Revision
• 1909 (Reina-Valera) Antigua Spanish Bible
• 1960 Versión Reina-Valera (Eugene Nida )
• 1987 Translation from English. Publisher: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
• 1994 Nuevo Testamento versión Recobro
• 1997 (La Biblia de las Américas) (©1997)
• 1999 Nueva Versión Internacional (NVI)
• 2002 (1602 Purificada)
• 2009 Santa Biblia: Reina-Valera
• 1 (Reina Valera Gómez)

Swahili

• Bwana wake akamwambia, Vema, mtumishi mwema na mwaminifu. Umekuwa mwaminifu katika mambo madogo nitakukabidhi makubwa. Njoo ufurahi pamoja na bwana wako.

Swedish

• 1917 Hans herre svarade honom: 'Rätt så, du gode och trogne tjänare! När du var satt över det som ringa är, var du trogen; jag skall sätta dig över mycket. Gå in i din herres glädje.' (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

• 1905 Sinabi sa kaniya ng kaniyang panginoon, Mabuting gawa, mabuti at tapat na alipin: nagtapat ka sa kakaunting bagay, pamamahalain kita sa maraming bagay; pumasok ka sa kagalakan ng iyong panginoon. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Thai

(Thai KJV)

Turkish

Ukrainian

Urdu

• 1878 (Hindustani Roman Script)
• 1938 (Urdu Revised Version. British and Foreign Bible Society, 1938)
• 2016 (Urdu Bible)

Vietnamese

• 1934 Chủ nói với người rằng: Hỡi đầy tớ ngay lành trung tín kia, được lắm; ngươi đã trung tín trong việc nhỏ, ta sẽ lập ngươi coi sóc nhiều; hãy đến hưởng sự vui mừng của chúa ngươi. (Ma-thi-ô 25:21 Vietnamese Bible) (VIET)

Welsh

• 1567 (William Salesbury, printed in 1567 by Humphrey Toy)
• 1588 (William Morgan)
• 1620 (William Morgan)
• 1824
• 1988 (New Welsh Bible)
• 2004
• 2011 (beibl.net 2011 by Arfon Jones)

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