King James Version

Matthew 13:28

He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they say” (λέγουσιν) before Do you here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they said” (εἶπον) before him here.

ὁhotheὁarticle, 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”.ἔφηephēHe saidφημί (phēmi)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “He said”, an ongoing action in the pastG5346I say, declare.He 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 themἘχθρὸςechthrosAn enemyἐχθρόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “An enemy”, the subject formG2190hated, hostile; subst: an enemy.This verse uses “an enemy”.An enemyἄνθρωποςanthrōposa humanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a human”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.τοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisἐποίησενepoiēsento doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, 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”.δοῦλοιdouloiservantsδοῦλος (doulos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “servants”, the subject formG1401(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave.The servantsαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himλέγουσινlegousinto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “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”.ΘέλειςtheleisWilt thouθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “Wilt thou”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.Wilt thouοὖνounthenοὖνconjunction — “then”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “then”.thenἀπελθόντεςapelthontesthat we goἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “that we go”, a single actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.that we goσυλλέξωμενsullexōmenand gatherσυλλέγω (sullegō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “and gather”, a single actionG4816I collect, gather.This verse uses “gather”.and gatherαὐτάautathemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.them

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εἶπονeiponsaidἔπω (epō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “said”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2036to say

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, [that] having gone away we may gather it up?

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

Young’s Literal Translation

And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, [that] having gone away we may gather it up?

World English Bible

“ He said to them , ‘ An enemy has done this .’ “ The servants asked him , ‘ Do you want us to go and gather them up ?’

Darby Translation

And he said to them, A man [that is] an enemy has done this. And the bondmen said to him, Wilt thou then that we should go and gather it [up]?

Douay-Rheims

And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?

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