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Luke 14:5

And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “a son” (υἱὸς) before or here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “will collapse” (πεσεῖται,) before also here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “answering” (ἀποκριθεὶς) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “donkey” (ὄνος) before or here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “will fall” (ἐμπεσεῖται) before also here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῇ) before day here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπρὸςprosthemπρόςpreposition — “them”G4314to, towards, with.themαὐτοὺςautoushimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).Τίνοςtinoswhich?τίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “which?”, the of-formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “which”.ὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.υἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.βοῦςbousoxβοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “ox”, the subject formG1016an ox, cow, bull.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.φρέαρphrearwellφρέαρnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “well”, the object formG5421a pit, well, cistern.This verse uses “well”.πεσεῖταιpeseitaito collapseπίπτω (piptō)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to collapse”, an action still aheadG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)particle — “no”G3756no, not.εὐθέωςeutheōsimmediatelyεὐθέωςadverb — “immediately”G2112immediately, soon, at once.This verse uses “immediately”.ἀνασπάσειanaspaseioutἀνασπάω (anaspaō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “out”, an action still aheadG385I drag up, pull up, draw up, draw out.outαὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐνenonἐνpreposition — “on”G1722in, on, among.onἡμέρᾳhēmeradayἡμέραnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “day”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.dayτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σαββάτουsabbatouSabbathσάββατον (sabbaton)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “Sabbath”, the of-formG4521the Sabbath, a week.

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ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisansweredἀποκρίνω (apokrinō)verb, aorist deponent participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.ὄνοςonosshall have an assὄνοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “shall have an ass”, the subject formG3688a donkey, an ass.This verse uses “an ass”.ἐμπεσεῖταιempeseitaifallenἐμπίπτω (empiptō)verb, future deponent indicative, 3rd person singular — “fallen”, an action still aheadG1706I fall in, am cast in, am involved in.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and answering them he said, 'Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?

Young’s Literal Translation

and answering them he said, 'Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?'

World English Bible

He answered them, “ Which of you , if your son or an ox fell into a well , wouldn’ t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day ?”

Darby Translation

And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?

Douay-Rheims

And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?

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