Parallel Verses

King James Version

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

New American Standard Bible

But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother.

Holman Bible

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

International Standard Version

But the heavenly Jerusalem is the free woman, and she is our spiritual mother.

A Conservative Version

But the Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all.

American Standard Version

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.

Amplified

But the Jerusalem above [that is, the way of faith, represented by Sarah] is free; she is our mother.

An Understandable Version

But the heavenly Jerusalem [Heb. 12:22] consists of free people, and is the mother of us [Christians].

Anderson New Testament

But Jerusalem which is above is free; and she is the mother of us all.

Bible in Basic English

But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.

Common New Testament

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

Daniel Mace New Testament

but the heavenly Jerusalem is represented by the free-woman, who is the mother of us all.

Darby Translation

but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

Goodspeed New Testament

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

John Wesley New Testament

But Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Julia Smith Translation

But Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all.

King James 2000

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

Modern King James verseion

But the Jerusalem from above is free, who is the mother of us all.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is the mother of us all.

Moffatt New Testament

But the Jerusalem on high is free, and she is 'our' mother.

Montgomery New Testament

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

NET Bible

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

New Heart English Bible

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

Noyes New Testament

but the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

Sawyer New Testament

But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us;

The Emphasized Bible

But, the Jerusalem above, is free, - the which is our mother;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Twentieth Century New Testament

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she it is who is our mother.

Webster

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Weymouth New Testament

But the Jerusalem which is above is free, and *she* is *our* mother.

Williams New Testament

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

World English Bible

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Worrell New Testament

But the Jerusalem which is above is free, which, indeed, is our mother;

Worsley New Testament

But the Jerusalem above is represented by the free-woman, which is the mother of us all.

Youngs Literal Translation

and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

Ἱερουσαλήμ 
Hierousalem 
Usage: 67

which is

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

ἄνω 
Ano 
above, up, high, brim
Usage: 8

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585
Usage: 585

ἐλεύθερος 
Eleutheros 
Usage: 21

ὅστις ἥτις ὅ6τι 
hostis 
Usage: 112

the mother
μήτηρ 
meter 
Usage: 55

of us
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

Context Readings

Hagar And Sarah Represent Two Covenants

25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.


Cross References

Hebrews 12:22

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

Revelation 3:12

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Revelation 21:2

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Psalm 87:3-6

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

Song of Songs 8:1-2

O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

Isaiah 2:2-3

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

Isaiah 52:9

Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 62:1-2

For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

Isaiah 65:18

But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

Isaiah 66:10

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

Hosea 2:2

Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Hosea 2:5

For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

Hosea 4:5

Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

Joel 3:17

So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

Micah 4:1-2

But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

John 8:36

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Romans 6:14

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:18

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Galatians 4:22

For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

Galatians 5:1

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Philippians 3:20

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

Revelation 17:5

And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Revelation 21:10-27

And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

1 Peter 2:16

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

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