Luke 22:27 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
For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? Is it not he that sitteth at table? But I am in the midst of you, as he that serveth:
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
For who is greater: he who sits at table, or he who serves? Is not he who sits at table? Yet I am in your midst as one who serves.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am amongst you as one who serves.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
For whether [is] greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? [is] not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.
LSV Literal Standard Version
for who is greater? He who is reclining, or he who is ministering? Is it not he who is reclining? And I am in your midst 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
For which [is] greater, he that is at table or he that serves? [Is] not he that is at table? But I am in the midst of you as the one that serves.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
For which [is] greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? [is] not he that sitteth at table? but I am among you as he that serveth.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serueth.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
For who is greater, the one who sits at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as 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)
For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate: or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? And I am amonge you as he that ministreth.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I — I am in your midst as he who is ministering.
FBV Free Bible Version
Who is greater—the one who sits at the table, or the one who serves? Isn't it the one who sits at the table? But I'm among you as the one who serves.
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
For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Porque ¿quál es mayor, el que está sentado á la mesa, ó el que sirve? ¿no es mayor el que está sentado á la mesa? Pues yo estoy en medio de vosotros, así como el que sirve.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Porque, ¿cuál es mayor, el que se sienta á la mesa, ó el que sirve? ¿No es el que se sienta á la mesa? Y yo soy entre vosotros como el que sirve.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Porque, ¿quién es más importante?, ¿el que está sentado a la mesa o el que sirve? ¿No es el que está sentado a la mesa? Sin embargo, yo estoy entre ustedes como el que sirve.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Porque, ¿quién es más importante, el reclinado o el que sirve? ¿No es el reclinado? Y Yo estoy entre ustedes 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)
¿Quién es más importante, el que se sienta en la mesa, o el que sirve? ¿Acaso no es el que se sienta en la mesa? Pero yo estoy entre ustedes como el que sirve.
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)
Porque ¿quién es mayor: el que está sentado a la mesa, o el que sirve? ¿No es el que está sentado a la mesa? Pero yo estoy entre ustedes 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)
τίς γὰρ μείζων, ὁ ἀνακείμενος ἢ ὁ διακονῶν; οὐχὶ ὁ ἀνακείμενος; ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν ὡς ὁ διακονῶν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
τις γαρ μειζων, ο ανακειμενος η ο διακονων; ουχι ο ανακειμενος; εγω δε ειμι εν μεσω υμων 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)
Τίς γὰρ μείζων, ὁ ἀνακείμενος ἢ ὁ διακονῶν; Οὐχὶ ὁ ἀνακείμενος; Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν ὡς ὁ διακονῶν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
τισ γαρ μειζων ο ανακειμενοσ η ο διακονων ουχι ο ανακειμενοσ εγω δε ειμι εν μεσω υμων ωσ ο διακονων
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
τίς γὰρ μείζων, ὁ ἀνακείμενος ἢ ὁ διακονῶν; οὐχὶ ὁ ἀνακείμενος; ἐγὼ δὲ ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν εἰμι ὡς ὁ διακονῶν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
τίς γὰρ μείζων, ὁ ἀνακείμενος ἢ ὁ διακονῶν; οὐχὶ ὁ ἀνακείμενος; ἐγὼ δὲ ⸂ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν εἰμι 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
Nam quis major est, qui recumbit, an qui ministrat? nonne qui recumbit? Ego autem in medio vestrum sum, sicut qui ministrat:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Кто́ бо бо́лїй, возлежа́й ли, и҆лѝ слꙋжа́й; не возлежа́й ли; А҆́зъ же посредѣ̀ ва́съ є҆́смь 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)
Ибо кто больше: возлежащий, или служащий? не возлежащий ли? А Я посреди вас, как служащий.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Διότι τις είναι μεγαλήτερος, ο καθήμενος εις την τράπεζαν ή ο υπηρετών; ουχί ο καθήμενος; αλλ' εγώ είμαι εν μέσω υμών ως ο υπηρετών.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Јер који је већи, који седи за трпезом или који служи? Није ли онај који седи за трпезом? А ја сам међу вама као слуга.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Jer koji je veći, koji sedi za trpezom ili koji služi? Nije li onaj koji sedi za trpezom? A ja sam među vama kao sluga.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
لِأَنْ مَنْ هُوَ أَكْبَرُ: أَلَّذِي يَتَّكِئُ أَمِ ٱلَّذِي يَخْدُمُ؟ أَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِي يَتَّكِئُ؟ وَلَكِنِّي أَنَا بَيْنَكُمْ كَٱلَّذِي يَخْدُمُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC