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Luke 3:8

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

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ποιήσατεpoiēsateBring forthποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “Bring forth”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.Bring forthοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.thereforeκαρποὺςkarpousfruitsκαρπός (karpos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “fruits”, the object formG2590(a) fruit, generally vegetable, sometimes animal, (b) met: fruit, deed, action, result, (c) profit, gain.fruitsἀξίουςaxiousworthyἄξιος (axios)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “worthy”, the object formG514worthy, worthy of, deserving, comparable, suitable.This verse uses “worthy”.worthyτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μετανοίαςmetanoiasof repentanceμετάνοια (metanoia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of repentance”, the of-formG3341repentance, a change of mind, change in the inner man.This verse uses “repentance”.of repentanceκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notἄρξησθεarxēsthebe firstἄρχω (archō)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “be first”, a single actionG757I reign, rule.λέγεινlegeinto sayλέγω (legō)verb, present active infinitive — “to 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”.to sayἐνenwithinἐνpreposition — “within”G1722in, on, among.withinἑαυτοῖςheautoisyourselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “yourselves”, the to- or for-formG1438himself, herself, itself.yourselvesΠατέραpaterato our fatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “to our father”, the object formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.to our fatherἔχομενechomento haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.Ἀβραάμabraamunto AbrahamἈβραάμnoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “unto Abraham”, the object formG11Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race.unto Abrahamλέγωlegōto speakλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “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”.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.δύναταιdunataibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λίθωνlithōnstoneλίθος (lithos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “stone”, the of-formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.τούτωνtoutōnthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἐγεῖραιegeiraito ariseἐγείρω (egeirō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to arise”, a single actionG1453(a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up.τέκναteknachildτέκνον (teknon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “child”, the object formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἈβραάμabraamAbrahamἈβραάμnoun, dative, singular, masculine — “Abraham”, the to- or for-formG11Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father — Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

Darby Translation

Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Douay-Rheims

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of penance; and do not begin to say, We have Abraham for our father. For I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

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