King James Version

Mark 9:41

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “that” (ὅτι) before certainly here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῷ) before name here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of me” (μου) before because here.

Ὃςhoswhosoeverὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “whosoever”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.whosoeverγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.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.ποτίσῃpotisēshall giveποτίζω (potizō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “shall give”, a single actionG4222I cause to drink, give to drink; irrigate, water.shall giveὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youποτήριονpotēriona cupποτήριονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a cup”, the object formG4221a drinking cup, the contents of the cup; fig: the portion which God allots.a cupὕδατοςhudatosof waterὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of water”, the of-formG5204water.of waterἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inὀνόματιonomatinameὄνομα (onoma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “name”, the to- or for-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.nameὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseχριστοῦchristouto ChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “to Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.to Christἐστεesteto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἀμὴνamēnverilyἀμήνparticle — “verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.verilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I 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”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἀπολέσῃapolesēhe shallἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “he shall”, a single actionG622(a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).he shallτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μισθὸνmisthonrewardμισθός (misthos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “reward”, the object formG3408(a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment.This verse uses “reward”.rewardαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink, because ye are Christ’s, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Young’s Literal Translation

for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;

World English Bible

For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name because you are Christ ’s, most certainly I tell you , he will in no way lose his reward .

Darby Translation

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in [my] name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Douay-Rheims

And whosoever shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me; it were better for him that a millstone were hanged around his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

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