King James Version

Luke 15:2

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “both” (τε) before Pharisees here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andδιεγόγγυζονdiegonguzonmurmuredδιαγογγύζω (diagonguzō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “murmured”, an ongoing action in the pastG1234I murmur greatly, continue murmuring.murmuredοἵhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.ΦαρισαῖοιpharisaioiPhariseeΦαρισαῖος (pharisaios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “Pharisee”, the subject formG5330a Pharisee, one of the Jewish sect so called.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γραμματεῖςgrammateisscribeγραμματεύς (grammateus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “scribe”, the subject formG1122(a) in Jerusalem, a scribe, one learned in the Jewish Law, a religious teacher, (b) at Ephesus, the town-clerk, the secretary of the city, (c) a man of learning generally.λέγοντεςlegontesto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated 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 “speak”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.Οὗτοςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἁμαρτωλοὺςhamartōloussinfulἁμαρτωλός (hamartōlos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “sinful”, the object formG268sinning, sinful, depraved, detestable.This verse uses “sinful”.προσδέχεταιprosdechetaito wait forπροσδέχομαι (prosdechomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to wait for”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4327(a) I await, expect, (b) I receive, welcome (originally: to my house), (c) I accept.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.συνεσθίειsunesthieieatethσυνεσθίω (sunesthiō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “eateth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4906I eat with.eatethαὐτοῖςautoiswith themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “with them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.with them

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying — This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying — This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'

World English Bible

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

Darby Translation

and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [man] receives sinners and eats with them.

Douay-Rheims

And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

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