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Luke 9:48

And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “maybe” (ἂν) before shall receive here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “maybe” (ἂν) before Me myself here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “is” (ἐστιν) before great here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “maybe” (ἐὰν) before shall receive here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “if” (ἐὰν) before Me myself here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “will be” (ἔσται) before great here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶπενeipento 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).saidαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themὋςhosWhosoeverὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Whosoever”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.Whosoeverἂνanmaybeἄνparticle — “maybe”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.δέξηταιdexētaishall receiveδέχομαι (dechomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “shall receive”, a single actionG1209I take, receive, accept, welcome.This verse uses “receive”.shall receiveτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παιδίονpaidionchildπαιδίονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “child”, the object formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.childἐπὶepiinἐπίpreposition — “in”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.inτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὀνόματίonomatinameὄνομα (onoma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “name”, the to- or for-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.nameμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἐμὲemeIἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.δέχεταιdechetaito receiveδέχομαι (dechomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to receive”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1209I take, receive, accept, welcome.This verse uses “receive”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὃςhoswhichὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ἐμὲemeIἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.δέξηταιdexētaito receiveδέχομαι (dechomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to receive”, a single actionG1209I take, receive, accept, welcome.This verse uses “receive”.δέχεταιdechetaito receiveδέχομαι (dechomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to receive”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1209I take, receive, accept, welcome.This verse uses “receive”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποστείλαντάaposteilantato sendἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, aorist active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “to send”, a single actionG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.This verse uses “send”.μεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.forμικρότεροςmikroterosleastμικρός (mikros)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, masculine — “least”, the subject formG3398little, small.leastἐνenamongἐνpreposition — “among”G1722in, on, among.amongπᾶσινpasinallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.ὑπάρχωνhuparchōnto beὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.οὗτόςhoutossameοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “same”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.the sameἐστινestinshall beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.shall beμέγαςmegasgreatμέγαςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.great

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐὰνeanifἐάνconditional particle — “if”G1437if.ἐὰνeanifἐάνparticle — “if”G1437if.ἔσταιestaishall beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and said to them, 'Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all — he shall be great.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this little child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same is great.

Young’s Literal Translation

and said to them, 'Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all — he shall be great.'

World English Bible

and said to them, “ Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me . Whoever receives me receives him who sent me . For whoever is least among you all , this one will be great .”

Darby Translation

and said to them, Whosoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me, and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For he who is the least among you all, he is great.

Douay-Rheims

And said to them: Whosoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me. For he that is the lesser among you all, he is the greater.

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