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Luke 20:14

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “one another” (ἀλλήλους) before saying here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “themselves” (ἑαυτούς) before saying here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “come” (δεῦτε) before let us here.

ἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).sawδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γεωργοὶgeōrgoifarmerγεωργός (geōrgos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “farmer”, the subject formG1092a worker of the soil, husbandman, farmer, farm-laborer, vine-dresser.διελογίζοντοdielogizontothey reasonedδιαλογίζομαι (dialogizomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “they reasoned”, an ongoing action in the pastG1260I reason (with), debate (with), consider.they reasonedπρὸςprosamongπρόςpreposition — “among”G4314to, towards, with.amongἀλλήλουςallēlousthemselvesἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “themselves”, the object formG240one another, each other.themselvesλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “saying”, 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.sayingΟὗτόςhoutosThisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “This”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.Thisἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κληρονόμοςklēronomosheirκληρονόμοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “heir”, the subject formG2818an heir, an inheritor.the heirἀποκτείνωμενapokteinōmenlet us killἀποκτείνω (apokteinō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “let us kill”, a single actionG615I put to death, kill; fig: I abolish.This verse uses “kill”.let us killαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).oursγένηταιgenētaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κληρονομίαklēronomiainheritanceκληρονομίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “inheritance”, the subject formG2817an inheritance, an heritage, regularly the gift of God to His chosen people, in the Old Testament: the Promised Land, in NT a possession viewed in one sense as present, in another as future; a share, participation.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἑαυτούςheautousthemselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)reciprocal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “themselves”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.δεῦτεdeutecomeδεῦτεinterjection — “come”G1205come hither, come, hither, an exclamatory word.This verse uses “come”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;

World English Bible

“ But when the farmers saw him , they reasoned among themselves , saying , ‘ This is the heir . Come , let ’s kill him , that the inheritance may be ours .’

Darby Translation

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; [come,] let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.

Douay-Rheims

Whom when the husbandmen saw, they thought within themselves, saying: This is the heir, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

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