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Matthew 13:37

In Matthew 13 of Matthew.

He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to them” (αὐτοῖς·) before [One] here.

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, 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”.andἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisto 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).saidὉhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.σπείρωνspeirōnHe that sowethσπείρω (speirō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “He that soweth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4687I sow, spread, scatter.He that sowethτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.καλὸνkalongoodκαλός (kalos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “good”, the object formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.This verse uses “good”.the goodσπέρμαspermaseedσπέρμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “seed”, the object formG4690(a) seed, commonly of cereals, (b) offspring, descendents.This verse uses “seed”.seedἐστὶνestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiosSonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.the Sonτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouof manἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of man”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.of man

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he answering said to them, 'He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

Young’s Literal Translation

And he answering said to them, 'He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

World English Bible

He answered them, “ He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man ,

Darby Translation

But he answering said, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man,

Douay-Rheims

Who made answer and said to them: He that soweth the good seed, is the Son of man.

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