Matthew 13:28
‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
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ASV
And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
KJV
He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
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Commentary
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | He | G3588 → |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → |
| ἔφη | ephē | was saying | G5346 → |
| αὐτοῖς· | autois | to them; | G846 → |
| ἐχθρὸς | echthros | An enemy | G2190 → |
| ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos | a man | G444 → |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 → |
| ἐποίησεν. | epoiēsen | did. | G4160 → |
| οἱ | hoi | <the> | G3588 → |
| δὲ | de | And | G1161 → |
| δοῦλοι | douloi | the servants | G1401 → |
| λέγουσιν | legousin | they say | G3004 → |
| αὐτῷ· | autō | to him: | G846 → |
| θέλεις | theleis | Do you desire | G2309 → |
| οὖν | oun | then | G3767 → |
| ἀπελθόντες | apelthontes | [that] having gone forth | G565 → |
| συλλέξωμεν | sullexōmen | we shall gather | G4816 → |
| αὐτά; | auta | them? | G846 → |
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