Matthew 10:33
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
KJV
ὅστις δ’ ἂν ἀρνήσηταί με ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀρνήσομαι κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.
Greek NT
Qui autem negaverit me coram hominibus, negabo et ego eum coram Patre meo, qui in cælis est.
Vulgate
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
ASV
But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κἀγώ
kago
pronoun · 85×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
ἀρνέομαι
arneomai
verb · 33×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔμπροσθεν
emprosthen
adverb · 48×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: δ᾽ ἂν | NIV/RP: δ᾽ ἂν | WH/Treg: δὲ
- δ᾽ ἂν — SBLGNT
- δ᾽ ἂν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: κἀγὼ αὐτὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: κἀγὼ αὐτὸν | RP: αὐτὸν κἀγὼ
- κἀγὼ αὐτὸν — SBLGNT
- κἀγὼ αὐτὸν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αὐτὸν κἀγὼ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἐν | NIV/RP: ἐν | WH/Treg/NA: + τοῖς
- ἐν — SBLGNT
- ἐν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- + τοῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1John 2:23 — Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
- 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
- 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
- 2Tim 2:12 — If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
- 2Tim 2:12 — If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
- Josh 24:27 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest y
- Luke 9:26 — For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
- Luke 12:9 — But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
- Luke 12:9 — But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
- Mark 8:38 — Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the hol
- Mark 14:30 — And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
- Mark 14:72 — And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
- Matt 26:70 — But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.