Matthew 5:19

1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1395 Therfor he that brekith oon of these leeste maundementis, and techith thus men, schal be clepid the leste in the rewme of heuenes; `but he that doith, and techith, schal be clepid greet in the kyngdom of heuenes. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1534 Whosoever breaketh one of these lest commaundmentes and teacheth men so he shalbe called the leest in the kyngdome of heve. But whosoever obserueth and teacheth ye same shal be called greate in the kyngdome of heven. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)
1535 Whosoeuer breaketh one of these least comaundmentes, and teacheth me so, he shalbe called the leest in the kyngdome of heauen, But whosoeuer obserueth and teacheth the same shalbe called greate in the kyngdome of heauen. (Coverdale Bible)
1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1540 Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these leest commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leest in the kyngdome of heauen. But whosoeuer doeth and teacheth, the same shalbe called greate in the kyngdome of heauen. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1549 Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these lest commaundementes, & teacheth men so, he shall be called þe least in þe kingdome of heauen. But whosoeuer obserueth & teacheth, þe same shal be called great in þe kingdom of heauen. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)
1557 (Geneva 1557) by William Whittingham
1560
1568 Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen. But who so euer doeth, and teacheth (so) the same shalbe called great in the kyngdome of heauen. small>(Bishop's Bible First Edition)</small>
1572 (Bishop's Bible)
1582 (Rheims 1582)
1587 Whosoeuer therefore shall breake one of these least commandements, and teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdome of heauen: but whosoeuer shall obserue and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdome of heauen. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1611 Whosoeuer therfore shall breake one of these least commaundements, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdome of heauen: but whosoeuer shall doe, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdome of heauen. (King James Version)
1729 whoever therefore shall break any commandment, tho' of the least importance, and shall teach men so to do, shall not have the least admittance into the kingdom of the Messias: but whoever shall do and teach them, he shall be great in the kingdom of the Messias.

(Mace New Testament)

1745 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)
1762 (King James Version)
1769 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)
1770 Whosoever therefore shall break one of the left of these commandments, and thereby teach men so to do, he shall be esteemed very little in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever shall do as well as teach them, he shall be accounted great in the kingdom of heaven. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)
1790 Whosoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so, shall be the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be great in the kingdom of heaven. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)
1795 Whosoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so, he shall be accounted the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall practise, and teach them, he shall be reckoned great in the kingdom of heaven. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)
1833 Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever shall do, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)
1835 Whosoever, therefore, shall violate, or teach others to violate, were it the least of these commandments, shall be in no esteem in the Reign of Heaven; but whosoever shall practice and teach them, shall be highly esteemed in the Reign of Heaven. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)
1849 Every one, therefore, who shall set loose one from these least commandments, and shall so teach the children of men, the least shall he be called in the kingdom of heaven: but every one who shall do and teach [them], this [one] shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)
1850 (King James Version by Committee)
1851 Therefore whoever shall break one of these small commands and shall so inculcate on the children of men, shall be called little in the kingdom of heaven: but every one that shall do and teach [them], shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Murdock Translation)
1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society
1858 Whoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)
1865 Whoever therefore breaks one of the commandments of these of the least, and teach thus the men, least he shall be called in the kingdom of the heavens; who but ever shall do and teach, the same great shall be called in the kingdom of the heavens. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)
1865 Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)
1869 Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)
1873 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)
1885 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)
1890 Whosoever then shall do away with one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whosoever shall practise and teach [them], he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)
1898 `Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands -- the least -- and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach `them', he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens. (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)
1901 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)
1902 Whosoever, therefore, shall relax one of these commandments, the least, and teach men so, shall be called, least, in the kingdom of the heavens; but, whosoever shall do and teach, the same, shall be called, great, in the kingdom of the heavens. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)
1902 Therefore if any one may break one of the least of these commandments, and so teach the people, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of the heavens: but whosoever may do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

(Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

1904 Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)
1904 Whoever, therefore, breaks one of these commandments, even the least of them, and teaches others to do so, will be the least-esteemed in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever keeps them, and teaches others to do so, will be esteemed great in the Kingdom of Heaven. (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)
1911 (Syrus Scofield)
1912 Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens. (Weymouth New Testament)
1918 Whoever therefore shall make void one of the least of these commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whoever shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens, (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.®
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Foreign Language Versions

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
فمن نقض احدى هذه الوصايا الصغرى وعلم الناس هكذا يدعى اصغر في ملكوت السموات. واما من عمل وعلّم فهذا يدعى عظيما في ملكوت السموات. (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

ܟܠ ܡܢ ܗܟܝܠ ܕܢܫܪܐ ܚܕ ܡܢ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܙܥܘܪܐ ܘܢܠܦ ܗܟܢܐ ܠܒܢܝܢܫܐ ܒܨܝܪܐ ܢܬܩܪܐ ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܢܥܒܕ ܘܢܠܦ ܗܢܐ ܪܒܐ ܢܬܩܪܐ ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

1571 Norc-ere beraz hautsiren baitu manamendu chipién hautaric bat, eta iracatsiren baititu hunela guiçonac, chipién deithuren da hura ceruètaco resumán: baina norc-ere eguinen baititu eta iracatsiren, hura handi deithuren da ceruètaco resumán.

Bulgarian

1940 И тъй, който наруши една от тия най-малки заповеди, и научи [така човеците], най-малък ще се нарече в небесното царство; а който ги изпълни и научи така човеците, той ще се нарече велик в небесното царство. (1940 Bulgarian Bible)
И тъй, който наруши една от тия най-малки заповеди, и научи [така човеците], най-малък ще се нарече в небесното царство; а който ги изпълни и научи така човеците, той ще се нарече велик в небесното царство. (Матей 5:19) (Bulgarian Bible)

Cherokee

1860 Cherokee New Testament (CHR)

Chinese

1 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))
1 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))
5:19 (Chinese King James Version)

Croatian

Czech

1613

Danish

Dutch

1619

Esperanto

Finnish

French

Quiconque donc aura supprimé l'un de ces plus petits commandements et aura enseigné ainsi les hommes, sera appelé le plus petit dans le royaume des cieux; et quiconque l'aura pratiqué et enseigné, celui-là sera appelé grand dans le royaume des cieux. (French Darby)
1744 Celui donc qui aura violé l'un de ces petits commandements, et qui aura enseigné ainsi les hommes, sera tenu le plus petit au Royaume des cieux; mais celui qui les aura faits et enseignés, sera tenu grand au Royaume des cieux. (Martin 1744)
1744 Celui donc qui aura violé l'un de ces plus petits commandements, et qui aura ainsi enseigné les hommes, sera estimé le plus petit dans le royaume des cieux; mais celui qui les aura observés et enseignés, celui-là sera estimé grand dans le royaume des cieux.

(Ostervald 1744)

1864 (Augustin Crampon)
1910
2006 (King James Française)

German

1545 Wer nun eins von diesen kleinsten Geboten auflöset und lehret die Leute also, der wird der Kleinste heißen im Himmelreich; wer es aber tut und lehret, der wird groß heißen im Himmelreich. (Luther 1545)
1871 Wer irgend nun eines dieser geringsten Gebote auflöst und also die Menschen lehrt, wird der Geringste heißen im Reiche der Himmel; wer irgend aber sie tut und lehrt, dieser wird groß heißen im Reiche der Himmel. (Elberfelder 1871)
1912 Wer nun eines von diesen kleinsten Geboten auflöst und lehrt die Leute also, der wird der Kleinste heißen im Himmelreich; wer es aber tut und lehrt, der wird groß heißen im Himmelreich. (Luther 1912)

Greek

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

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

1649 Chi adunque avrà rotto uno di questi minimi comandamenti, ed avrà così insegnati gli uomini, sarà chiamato il minimo nel regno de’ cieli; ma colui che li metterà ad effetto, e li insegnerà, sarà chiamato grande nel regno de’ cieli. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)
1927 Chi dunque avrà violato uno di questi minimi comandamenti ed avrà così insegnato agli uomini, sarà chiamato minimo nel regno de’ cieli; ma chi li avrà messi in pratica ed insegnati, esso sarà chiamato grande nel regno dei cieli. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Kabyle

Khmer

1928

Latin

qui ergo solverit unum de mandatis istis minimis et docuerit sic homines minimus vocabitur in regno caelorum qui autem fecerit et docuerit hic magnus vocabitur in regno caelorum 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 Итак, кто нарушит одну из заповедей сих малейших и научит так людей, тот малейшим наречется в Царстве Небесном; а кто сотворит и научит, тот великим наречется в Царстве Небесном. Russian Synodal Version
Phonetically: Rodoslovie Iisusa Hrista, Syna Davidova, Syna Avraamova.

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
1999 Nueva Versión Internacional (NVI)
2002 (1602 Purificada)
2009 Santa Biblia: Reina-Valera
1 (Reina Valera Gómez)

Swahili

Basi, yeyote atakayevunja hata amri moja ndogo kuliko zote, na kuwafundisha wengine wafanye hivyo, huyo atakuwa mdogo kabisa katika Ufalme wa mbiguni. Lakini yule atakayezishika na kuwafundisha wengine, huyo atakuwa mkubwa katika Ufalme wa mbinguni.

Swedish

1917 Därför, den som upphäver ett av de minsta bland dessa bud och lär människorna så, han skall räknas för en av de minsta i himmelriket; men den som håller dem och lär människorna så, han skall räknas för stor i himmelriket. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Kaya't ang sinomang sumuway sa isa sa kaliitliitang mga utos na ito, at ituro ang gayon sa mga tao, ay tatawaging kaliitliitan sa kaharian ng langit: datapuwa't ang sinomang gumanap at ituro, ito'y tatawaging dakila sa kaharian ng langit. (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 Vậy, ai hủy một điều cực nhỏ nào trong những điều răn nầy, và dạy người ta làm như vậy, thì sẽ bị xưng là cực nhỏ trong nước thiên đàng; còn như ai giữ những điều răn ấy, và dạy người ta nữa, thì sẽ được xưng là lớn trong nước thiên đàng. (Ma-thi-ô 5:19 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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