King James Version

Luke 8:21

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “it” (αὐτόν.) after doing here.

ὁhowhichὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisto answerἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to answer”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.This verse uses “answer”.εἶπενeipento 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).πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.αὐτούςautousitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “it”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itΜήτηρmētērmotherμήτηρnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “mother”, the subject formG3384a mother.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἀδελφοίadelphoibrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “brother”, the subject formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).οὗτοίhoutoithisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.εἰσινeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγονlogonwordλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “word”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ἀκούοντεςakouontesto hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to hear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ποιοῦντεςpoiountesto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτόνautonthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he answering said unto them, 'My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he answering said unto them, 'My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

World English Bible

But he answered them, “ My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it .”

Darby Translation

But he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do [it].

Douay-Rheims

Who answering, said to them: My mother and my brethren are they who hear the word of God, and do it.

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