King James Version

Luke 5:30

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (οἱ) before scribes here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (τῶν) before tax collectors here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiButκαίconjunction — “But”G2532and, even, also, namely.Butἐγόγγυζονegonguzonmurmuredγογγύζω (gonguzō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “murmured”, an ongoing action in the pastG1111I whisper, murmur, grumble (generally of smoldering discontent).murmuredοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.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.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μαθητὰςmathētasdiscipleμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “disciple”, the object formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.This verse uses “disciple”.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.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”.Διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τίtiwhich?τίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “which?”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “which”.μετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τελωνῶνtelōnōnpublicansτελώνης (telōnēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “publicans”, the of-formG5057a publican, collector of taxes.publicansκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἁμαρτωλῶνhamartōlōnsinnersἁμαρτωλός (hamartōlos)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “sinners”, the of-formG268sinning, sinful, depraved, detestable.sinnersἐσθίετεesthieteto eatἐσθίω (esthiō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to eat”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πίνετεpineteto drinkπίνω (pinō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to drink”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4095I drink, imbibe.This verse uses “drink”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, 'Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?

Young’s Literal Translation

and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, 'Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'

World English Bible

Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Darby Translation

And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-gatherers and sinners?

Douay-Rheims

But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

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