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Matthew 26:51–52

51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his gsword and struck the servant7 of the high priest and cut off his ear. 52 Then Jesus said to him, Put your sword back into its place. For hall who take the sword will perish by the sword.

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Matthew 26:51–52 — The New International Version (NIV)

51 With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

52 Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear. 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — New Living Translation (NLT)

51 But one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, slashing off his ear.

52 Put away your sword,” Jesus told him. Those who use the sword will die by the sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

51 And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

52 But Jesus said to him, Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — New Century Version (NCV)

51 When that happened, one of Jesus’ followers reached for his sword and pulled it out. He struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.

52 Jesus said to the man, “Put your sword back in its place. All who use swords will be killed with swords.

Matthew 26:51–52 — American Standard Version (ASV)

51 And behold, one of them that were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear. 52 Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

51 And behold, one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and smiting the bondman of the high priest took off his ear. 52 Then saith Jesus to him, Return thy sword to its place; for all who take the sword shall perish by the sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

51 Suddenly, one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and cut off the ear of the chief priest’s servant. 52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword away! All who use a sword will be killed by a sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

51 At that moment one of those with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword. He struck the high priest’s slave and cut off his ear.

52 Then Jesus told him, Put your sword back in its place because all who take up a sword will perish by a sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

51 Suddenly, one of those with Jesus put his hand on his sword, drew it, and struck the slave of the high priest, cutting off his ear. 52 Then Jesus said to him, Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

51 And behold, one of those with Jesus extended his hand and drew his sword, and striking the slave of the high priest, cut off his ear. 52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place! For all who take up the sword will die by the sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

51 At that moment, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword. He pulled it out and struck the servant of the high priest with it. He cut off the servant’s ear.

52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “All who use the sword will die by the sword.

Matthew 26:51–52 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew out his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

52 Then Jesus said to him, Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.


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