King James Version

Luke 20:23

But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “why me do you test” (τί με πειράζετε·) after them here.

κατανοήσαςkatanoēsashe perceivedκατανοέω (katanoeō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he perceived”, a single actionG2657I take note of, perceive, consider carefully, discern, detect, make account of.he perceivedδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτῶνautōntheirαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “their”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.theirτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πανουργίανpanourgiancraftinessπανουργία (panourgia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “craftiness”, the object formG3834shrewdness, skill; hence: cunning, craftiness.This verse uses “craftiness”.craftinessεἶπενeipento 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).and saidπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.them

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τίtiWhyτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Why”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.μεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).πειράζετεpeirazeteto testπειράζω (peirazō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to test”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3985I try, tempt, test.This verse uses “test”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, 'Why me do ye tempt?

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American Standard Version (1901)

But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them,

Young’s Literal Translation

And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, 'Why me do ye tempt?

World English Bible

But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me ?

Darby Translation

But perceiving their deceit he said to them, Why do ye tempt me?

Douay-Rheims

But he considering their guile, said to them: Why tempt you me?

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