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Source language
Original Greek   
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν κυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἐξουσιάζοντες αὐτῶν εὐεργέται καλοῦνται.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
o de eipen autois* Oi basileis ton ethnon kurieuousin auton kai oi exousiazontes auton euergetai kalountai.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
dixit autem eis reges gentium dominantur eorum et qui potestatem habent super eos benefici vocantur

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority on them are called benefactors.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
New King James Version   
And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’
21st Century King James Version   
And He said unto them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called Benefactors.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Then Yeshua said to them, “The Kings of the nations are their lords and they who rule over them are called Benefactors.
Darby Bible Translation   
And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And he said to them: The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that have power over them, are called beneficent.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called Benefactors.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors.
God's Word   
Jesus said to them, "The kings of nations have power over their people, and those in authority call themselves friends of the people.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
But He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles dominate them, and those who have authority over them are called 'Benefactors.'
International Standard Version   
But he told them, "The kings of the unbelievers lord it over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.
NET Bible   
So Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called 'benefactors.'
New American Standard Bible   
And He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called 'Benefactors.'
New International Version   
Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.
New Living Translation   
Jesus told them, "In this world the kings and great men lord it over their people, yet they are called 'friends of the people.'
Webster's Bible Translation   
And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them, are called benefactors.
Weymouth New Testament   
But He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles are their masters, and those who exercise authority over them are called Benefactors.
The World English Bible   
He said to them, "The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called 'benefactors.'
EasyEnglish Bible   
Jesus said to them, ‘Kings of other countries use great authority over their people. Leaders of those countries want people to say good things about them.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And he said to them, `The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors;
New Life Version   
Jesus said to them, “The kings of the nations show their power to the people. Those who have power over the people are given names of honor.
Revised Geneva Translation   
But He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles reign over them. And those who bear rule over them are called benefactors.
The Voice Bible   
Jesus (interrupting): The authority figures of the outsiders play this game, flexing their muscles in competition for power over one another, masking their quest for domination behind words like “benefactor” or “public servant.”
Living Bible   
Jesus told them, “In this world the kings and great men order their slaves around, and the slaves have no choice but to like it!
New Catholic Bible   
Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who exercise authority over them are given the title of ‘Benefactor.’
Legacy Standard Bible   
And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those that exercise authority upon them are called well-doers.
Christian Standard Bible   
But he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them have themselves called ‘Benefactors.’
Amplified Bible © 1954   
But Jesus said to them, The kings of the Gentiles are deified by them and exercise lordship [ruling as emperor-gods] over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors and well-doers.
New Century Version   
But Jesus said to them, “The kings of the non-Jewish people rule over them, and those who have authority over others like to be called ‘friends of the people.’
The Message   
Within minutes they were bickering over who of them would end up the greatest. But Jesus intervened: “Kings like to throw their weight around and people in authority like to give themselves fancy titles. It’s not going to be that way with you. Let the senior among you become like the junior; let the leader act the part of the servant.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
But he told them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called Benefactors.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the nations exercise lordship over them and those in authority over them call themselves ‘benefactors.’
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors.
New Matthew Bible   
And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles reign over them, and those who bear rule over them are called gracious lords.
Good News Translation®   
Jesus said to them, “The kings of the pagans have power over their people, and the rulers claim the title ‘Friends of the People.’
Wycliffe Bible   
But he said to them, Kings of heathen men be lords of them, and they that have power on them be called good doers, [Forsooth he said to them, Kings of heathen men be lords, or lordship, of them, and they that have power upon them be called good doers,]
New Testament for Everyone   
“Pagan kings lord it over their subjects,” said Jesus to them, “and people in power get themselves called ‘Benefactors.’
Contemporary English Version   
So Jesus told them: Foreign kings order their people around, and powerful rulers call themselves everyone's friends.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
But Jesus said to them, “Among the heathen it is their kings who lord it over them, and their rulers are given the title of ‘benefactors.’ But it must not be so with you! Your greatest man must become like a junior and your leader must be a servant. Who is the greater, the man who sits down to dinner or the man who serves him? Obviously, the man who sits down to dinner—yet I am the one who is the servant among you. But you are the men who have stood by me in all that I have gone through, and as surely as my Father has given me my kingdom, so I give you the right to eat and drink at my table in that kingdom. Yes, you will sit on thrones and rule the twelve tribes of Israel!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
But he said to them, “The kings of the gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
But he said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors.
Common English Bible © 2011   
But Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles rule over their subjects, and those in authority over them are called ‘friends of the people.’
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles have absolute power and lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them and those in authority over them are addressed as ‘Benefactors’;
New American Standard Bible   
And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles domineer over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’
The Expanded Bible   
But Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles ·rule [lord it] over them, and those who have authority over others like to be called ·‘friends of the people’ [‘Benefactors’].
Tree of Life Version   
And Yeshua said to them, “The kings of the nations have mastery over them, and those exercising authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’
Revised Standard Version   
And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors.
New International Reader's Version   
Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles hold power over their people. And those who order them around call themselves Protectors.
BRG Bible   
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Complete Jewish Bible   
But Yeshua said to them, “The kings of the Goyim lord it over them; and those in authority over them are given the title, ‘Benefactor.’
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Jesus said to them, `The kings of countries make their people obey them. Those who rule give themselves a good name.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
But he said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, The melachim (kings) of the Goyim domineer them and the ones having shlita (control) over the Goyim are called benefactors.
Names of God Bible   
Yeshua said to them, “The kings of nations have power over their people, and those in authority call themselves friends of the people.
Modern English Version   
He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.
Easy-to-Read Version   
But Jesus said to them, “The kings of the world rule over their people, and those who have authority over others want to be called ‘the great providers for the people.’
International Children’s Bible   
But Jesus said to them, “The kings of the world rule over their people. Men who have authority over others are called ‘very important.’
Lexham English Bible   
So he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called benefactors.
New International Version - UK   
Jesus said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And the One said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles are lording-over them. And the ones having-authority over them are calling-themselves ‘Benefactors’.