Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James 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.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

If any man serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my helper will also be. And if any man serves me, the Father will value him.

American 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 the Father honor.

Amplified

If anyone serves Me, he must [continue to faithfully] follow Me [without hesitation, holding steadfastly to Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]; and wherever I am [in heaven’s glory], there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

An Understandable Version

If any person wants to serve me, he should become my follower; and wherever I am, my servant will be there also. If any person serves me, the Father will honor him.

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

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.

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

if any man would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be: whoever serves me, him will my father reward.

Darby Translation

If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be my servant. And if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour.

Godbey New Testament

If any one may minister unto me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my minister be: if any one may minister unto me, the Father will honor him.

Goodspeed New Testament

If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and wherever I am found, my servant must be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

John Wesley New Testament

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 honour.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there also My servant shall be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If any man minister unto me, let him follow me: and where I am, there shall also my minister be. And if any man minister unto me, him will my father honour.

Moffatt New Testament

If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.

Montgomery New Testament

If any one is ready to serve me, let him follow me; and where I am there shall my servant be also. If any man is ready to serve me, him will my Father honor.

NET Bible

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.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

If, with me, anyone be ministering, with me, let him be following; and, where, I, am, there, my minister also, shall be. If anyone, with me, be ministering, the Father, will honour him.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

If a man is ready to serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant shall be also. If a man is ready to serve me, my Father will honor him.

Webster

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 honor.

Weymouth New Testament

If a man wishes to be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there too shall my servant be. If a man wishes to be my servant, the Father will honour him.

Williams New Testament

If anyone serves me, he must continue to follow me, and my servant also must go wherever I go. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

World English Bible

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.

Worrell New Testament

If any one serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am there will also My servant be. If anyone serve Me, him will My Father honor.

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

τίς 
Tis 
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373
Usage: 373

διακονέω 
Diakoneo 
διακονέω 
Diakoneo 
Usage: 25
Usage: 25

me
ἐμοί 
Emoi 
ἐμοί 
Emoi 
ἐμοί 
Emoi 
me, I, mine, my, 9
me, I, mine, my, 9
me, I, mine, my, 9
Usage: 58
Usage: 58
Usage: 58

ἀκολουθέω 
Akoloutheo 
Usage: 67

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ὅπου 
Hopou 
Usage: 42

I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

am
εἰμί 
Eimi 
I am , am, it is I , be, I was , have been, not tr
Usage: 72

ἐκεῖ 
Ekei 
there, thither, not tr,
Usage: 65

ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

my
ἐμός 
Emos 
my, mine, mine own, of me, I
Usage: 25

διάκονος 
Diakonos 
Usage: 24

be
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

if
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

him

Usage: 0

will
τιμάω 
Timao 
Usage: 7

my Father
πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

References

Context Readings

Greeks Seeking Jesus

25 He loving his soul shall lose it; but he hating his soul in this world, shall guard it for life eternal. 26 If any one would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be my servant: and if any one serve me, him will the Father honour. 27 Now has my soul been troubled; and what should I say? O Father, save me from this hour: but for this came I to this hour.


Cross References

John 14:3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, again I come, and I will receive you to myself; that where I am, ye might be also.

John 17:24

O Father, those thou hast given me, I will that where I am these also be with me: that they might behold my glory, which thou gavest me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

2 Corinthians 5:8

And we are confident, and are contented rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home in the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:30

For this Jehovah the God of Israel said, Saying, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall go before me even forever: and now Jehovah said, Far be it for me; for them honoring me I will honor, and they despising me shall be contemned.

Philippians 1:23

For I am pressed together from two, having one eager desire to be loosed, and be with Christ (rather much better:)

Numbers 14:24

And my servant Caleb, because another spirit was with him, and he will follow after me, and I brought him into the land which he went there; and his seed shall inherit it.

Numbers 32:11

If the men coming up out of Egypt, from the son of twenty years and above, shall see the land which I sware to Abraham, to Isaak and to Jacob; for they filled not up after me:

Psalm 17:15

I in justice shall see thy face: I shall be satisfied in awaking with thine appearance.

Psalm 91:15

He shall call me and I will answer him: I am with him in straits; I will deliver him and honor him.

Proverbs 27:18

He guarding the fig tree shall eat its fruit: and he watching his lord shall be honored.

Matthew 16:24

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me.

Matthew 25:21

And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant: thou west faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord.

Mark 8:34

And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wills to come after me, let him absolutely deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Luke 6:46

And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

Luke 9:23

And he said to all, If any one wish to come after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross daily and let him follow me.

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

John 13:16

Truly, truly I say to you The servant is not greater than his Lord; neither the sent greater than he having sent him.

John 14:15

If ye love me, keep my commands.

John 14:21-23

He having my commands, and keeping them, the same is he loving me: and he loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and manifest myself to him.

John 15:20

Remember the word which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they expelled me, they will also expel you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

John 21:22

Jesus says to him, If I will him to remain till I come, what to thee? follow me.

Romans 1:1

Paul, servant of Jesus Christ, called sent, separated to the good news of God,

Romans 14:18

For he in these serving Christ, pleasing to God, and acceptable to men.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we proclaim not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus.

Galatians 1:10

For now do I persuade men, or God? or seek I to please men? for if I had yet pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.

Ephesians 5:1-2

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dearly beloved children;

Colossians 3:24

Knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the reward of inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who of you, greets you, a servant of Christ, always contending for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfected and completed in all the will of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:17-18

Then we the living being left shall be snatched up together with them in the clouds, to the meeting of the Lord in the air: and so we shall always be with the Lord.

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, servant and sent of Jesus Christ, to them having received by inheritance equally honoured faith with us in the justice of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commands: and his commands are not heavy.

Jude 1:1

Jude, servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the consecrated in God the Father, and the kept in Jesus Christ, the called:

Revelation 14:4

There are they who were not contaminated by women; for they are virgins. These are they following the Lamb wherever he should lead. These were purchased from men, first fruits to God and the Lamb.

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