King James Version

Luke 18:29

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶπενeipento 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).he saidαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themἈμὴνamēnVerilyἀμήνparticle — “Verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.VerilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, 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 “say”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.οὐδείςoudeisno manοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.no manἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὃςhosthatὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatἀφῆκενaphēkenhath leftἀφίημι (aphiēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath left”, a single actionG863(a) I send away, (b) I let go, release, permit to depart, (c) I remit, forgive, (d) I permit, suffer.hath leftοἰκίανoikianhouseοἰκία (oikia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “house”, the object formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.houseἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orγυναῖκαgunaikawifeγυνή (gunē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “wife”, the object formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.This verse uses “wife”.wifeἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orἀδελφοὺςadelphousbrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “brother”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.γονεῖςgoneisparentγονεύς (goneus)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “parent”, the object formG1118a begetter, father; plur: parents.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.τέκναteknachildrenτέκνον (teknon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “children”, the object formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.childrenἕνεκενhenekenforἕνεκενpreposition — “for”G1752for the sake of, on account of, on account of which, wherefore, on account of what, why.forτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλείαςbasileiaskingdomβασιλεία (basileia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “kingdom”, the of-formG932kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.This verse uses “kingdom”.the kingdomτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof God'sθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God's”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of God's

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

Young’s Literal Translation

and he said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

World English Bible

He said to them, “ Most certainly I tell you , there is no one who has left house , or wife , or brothers, or parents , or children , for God ’s Kingdom’s sake ,

Darby Translation

And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

Douay-Rheims

Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

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