Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
And I solemnly say to you, no one who gives a cup of cold water to one of the least of my disciples, because he is a disciple, will ever fail to get his reward."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
I tell all of you with certainty, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple will never lose his reward."
A Conservative Version
And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.
American Standard Version
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Truly I tell you, whoever gives a mere drink of cold water to one of these least significant [disciples of mine] because he is a disciple, will certainly not lose his [temporal or eternal] reward."
Anderson New Testament
And whoever will give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink, because he is a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
Bible in Basic English
And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.
Common New Testament
And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."
Daniel Mace New Testament
and whoever shall give only a cup of cold water to the meanest of you, considering him as my disciple, shall most assuredly be far from losing his reward.
Darby Translation
And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Godbey New Testament
And whosoever may give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say unto you, He can not lose his reward.
Goodspeed New Testament
And no one who will give the humblest of my disciples even a cup of cold water because he is my disciple, I tell you, can ever fail of his reward."
John Wesley New Testament
And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Julia Smith Translation
And whoever should give to drink one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
King James 2000
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will never lose his reward."
Modern King James verseion
And whoever shall give to one of these little ones a cup of cold water to drink, only in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, He shall in no way lose his reward.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And whosoever shall give unto one of these little ones, to drink a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, I tell you of a truth, he shall not lose his reward."
Moffatt New Testament
And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, I tell you, he shall not lose his reward."
Montgomery New Testament
"And whoever gives to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, because he is a disciple, I tell you in solemn truth, he shall not lose his reward.
NET Bible
And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward."
New Heart English Bible
And whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, truly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
Noyes New Testament
And whoever shall give to drink only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, truly do I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.
Sawyer New Testament
And whoever shall give one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, I tell you truly, he shall by no means lose his reward.
The Emphasized Bible
And, whosoever shall give to drink - unto one of these little ones - a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, Verily, I say unto you, in nowise, shall lose his reward!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And whosoever shall give to one of these little ones, if but a cup of cold water to drink, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And, if any one gives but a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones because he is a disciple, I tell you that he shall assuredly not lose his reward."
Webster
And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily, I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Weymouth New Testament
And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, I solemnly tell you that he will not lose his reward."
World English Bible
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
Worrell New Testament
And whosoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward."
Worsley New Testament
And whosoever shall give to one of these mean persons but a cup of cold water to drink, as my disciple, I assure you, he shall not lose his reward.
Youngs Literal Translation
and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'
Themes
Certainties » Comforting » Sure reward
Children » Lambs of the fold » Reward for attention to
Christ and children » Promises a reward for kindness to
Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
Christ's » Attitude toward children » Promises a reward for kindness to
Compassion and sympathy » Promise to those who show
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Water
God's Promises » Of reward for spiritual service » Humble servants
Humble » Penitence, examples of » Service
Jesus and children » Promises a reward for kindness to
Lambs of the fold » Reward for attention to
Reward » For spiritual service » Humble servants
Service » The duty of serving men » Performed in humility
Service » Half-hearted » Humble
Seven » Days seventy » Sure reward
the future » The rewards of the faithful for spiritual service » Humble servants
Topics
Interlinear
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Touton
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 10:42
Verse Info
Context Readings
On Rewards
41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive the same reward as a prophet, and whoever welcomes an upright man as such will receive the same reward as the upright man. 42 And I solemnly say to you, no one who gives a cup of cold water to one of the least of my disciples, because he is a disciple, will ever fail to get his reward."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Matthew 25:40
And the King will answer them, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you did a good deed to one of these most insignificant brothers of mine, you did a good deed to me.'
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not so unjust as to forget the work you have done and the love you have shown His name in the service you have rendered for your fellow-Christians, and still are doing.
Matthew 18:10
"Be careful not to look with scorn on a single one of these little children, for I tell you that in heaven their angels have uninterrupted access to my Father in heaven.
Matthew 8:5-6
When He got back to Capernaum, a Roman military captain came up to Him and kept begging Him,
Matthew 18:3-6
and said: "I solemnly say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you can never get into the kingdom of heaven at all.
Matthew 18:14
Just so it is not the will of my Father in heaven that a single one of these little ones be lost.
Mark 9:41-42
"For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink, on the ground that you belong to Christ, I solemnly say to you, he will not fail to get his reward.
Mark 12:42-43
Then a poor widow came and dropped in two little copper coins, which make scarcely a cent.
Mark 14:7-8
For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you please you can do them good, but you will not always have me.
Luke 6:35
But you must practice loving your enemies, doing good to them, and lending to them, despairing of nothing; so that your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Luke 17:2
It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck, and he be hurled into the sea, than for him to ensnare one of these lowly ones.
1 Corinthians 8:10-13
For if somebody sees you, who have an intelligent view of this matter, partaking of a meal in an idol's temple, will he not be emboldened, with his overscrupulous conscience, to eat the food which has been sacrificed to an idol?
2 Corinthians 8:12
If a man is ready and willing to give, his gift is acceptable in accordance with what he has, not with what he does not have.
2 Corinthians 9:6-15
Now this is the way it is: Whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly too, but whoever sows bountifully will reap bountifully too.
Philippians 4:15-19
And you Philippians yourselves know that immediately after the good news was first preached to you, when I left Macedonia, no church but yours went into partnership with me to open an account of credits and debits.