Luke 22:26 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is the leader, as he that serveth.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
But it must not be so with you. Instead, whoever is greater among you, let him become the lesser. And whoever is the leader, let him become the server.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
But not so with you. Rather, the one who is greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
But not so with you. Rather, the one who is greater amongst you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
But ye [shall ]not [be ]so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
LSV Literal Standard Version
but you [are] not so, but he who is greater among you—let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
But ye [shall] not [be] thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But it must not be like this with you. Instead, let the one who is the greatest among you become like the youngest, and let the one who is the most important become like the one who serves.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest amonge you shalbe as the yongest: and he that is chefe shalbe as the minister.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
but ye [are] not so, but he who is greater among you — let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;
FBV Free Bible Version
But it should not be so with you! Whoever is highest among you should be like the lowest, and the leader should be like a servant.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Mas vosotros no así: antes el que es mayor entre vosotros, hágase como el menor: y el que precede, como el que sirve.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Mas vosotros, no así: antes el que es mayor entre vosotros, sea como el más mozo; y el que es príncipe, como el que sirve.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Pero entre ustedes no debe ser así. El más importante debe comportarse como el menor, y el que manda como el que sirve.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero no es así entre ustedes, sino el más importante es como el de menos importancia, y el líder como el que sirve.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
¡Pero no debe ser así entre ustedes! El que sea el más importante entre ustedes debe ser como el menos importante, y el líder debe ser como un siervo.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Pero ustedes no deben ser así. Más bien, el mayor entre ustedes sea como el más joven, y el que dirige, como el que sirve.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μείζων ἐν ὑμῖν γινέσθω ὡς ὁ νεώτερος, καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος ὡς ὁ διακονῶν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
υμεις δε ουχ ουτως, αλλ ο μειζων εν υμιν γινεσθω ως ο νεωτερος, και ο ηγουμενος ως ο διακονων.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως· ἀλλ᾿ ὁ μείζων ἐν ὑμῖν γενέσθω ὡς ὁ νεώτερος· καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος ὡς ὁ διακονῶν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
υμεισ δε ουχ ουτωσ αλλ ο μειζων εν υμιν γενεσθω ωσ ο νεωτεροσ και ο ηγουμενοσ ωσ ο διακονων
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως, ἀλλ’ ὁ μείζων ἐν ὑμῖν γινέσθω ὡς ὁ νεώτερος, καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος ὡς ὁ διακονῶν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως, ἀλλʼ ὁ μείζων ἐν ὑμῖν ⸀γινέσθω ὡς ὁ νεώτερος, καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος ὡς ὁ διακονῶν·
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Vos autem non sic: sed qui major est in vobis, fiat sicut minor: et qui præcessor est, sicut ministrator.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
вы́ же не та́кѡ: но бо́лїй въ ва́съ, да бꙋ́детъ ꙗ҆́кѡ мні́й: и҆ ста́рѣй, ꙗ҆́кѡ слꙋжа́й.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
а вы не так: но кто из вас больше, будь как меньший, и начальствующий — как служащий.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Σεις όμως ουχί ούτως, αλλ' ο μεγαλήτερος μεταξύ σας ας γείνη ως ο μικρότερος, και ο προϊστάμενος ως ο υπηρετών.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Али ви немојте тако; него који је највећи међу вама нека буде као најмањи, и који је старешина нека буде као слуга.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ali vi nemojte tako; nego koji je najveći među vama neka bude kao najmanji, i koji je starešina neka bude kao sluga.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلَيْسَ هَكَذَا، بَلِ ٱلْكَبِيرُ فِيكُمْ لِيَكُنْ كَٱلْأَصْغَرِ، وَٱلْمُتَقَدِّمُ كَٱلْخَادِمِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC