And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the having trusted upon the riches” (τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐπὶ τοῖς χρήμασιν) before into here.
οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andμαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “disciples”, the subject formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.the disciplesἐθαμβοῦντοethambountowere astonishedθαμβέομαι (thambeomai)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “were astonished”, an ongoing action in the pastG2284I amaze; pass: I am amazed (almost terrified).were astonishedἐπὶepiatἐπίpreposition — “at”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.atτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.λόγοιςlogoiswordsλόγος (logos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “words”, the to- or for-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.wordsαὐτοῦautouunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “unto them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.πάλινpalinagainπάλινadverb — “again”G3825again, back, once more, further, on the other hand.This verse uses “again”.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”.λέγειlegeito speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd 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”.αὐτοῖςautoisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ΤέκναteknaChildrenτέκνον (teknon)noun, vocative, plural, neuter — “Children”, the calling formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.Childrenπῶςpōshowπῶςadverb — “how”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.howδύσκολόνduskolonhardδύσκολος (duskolos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “hard”, the subject formG1422difficult, hard; of persons: hard to please.hardἐστινestinis itεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is it”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.is itεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλείανbasileiankingdomβασιλεία (basileia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “kingdom”, the object formG932kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.This verse uses “kingdom”.the kingdomτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godεἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to enter”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πεποιθόταςpepoithotasfor them that trustπείθω (peithō)verb, second perfect active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “for them that trust”, a completed action with a present resultG3982I persuade, urge.ἐπὶepiinἐπίpreposition — “in”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.χρήμασινchrēmasinrichesχρῆμα (chrēma)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “riches”, the to- or for-formG5536money, riches, possessions.This verse uses “riches”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, 'Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!
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American Standard Version (1901)
And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Young’s Literal Translation
And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, 'Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!
World English Bible
The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “ Children , how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God ’s Kingdom!
Darby Translation
And the disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again answering says to them, Children, how difficult it is that those who trust in riches should enter into the kingdom of God!
Douay-Rheims
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus again answering, saith to them: Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdom of God?
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