King James Version

Matthew 18:2

And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the Jesus” (ὁ Ἰησοῦς) before child here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπροσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenoscalledπροσκαλέομαι (proskaleomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “called”, a single actionG4341I call to myself, summon.calledπαιδίονpaidiona little childπαιδίονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a little child”, the object formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.This verse uses “a little child”.a little childἔστησενestēsenand setἵστημι (histēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and set”, a single actionG2476trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.and setαὐτὸautohimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inμέσῳmesōmidstμέσος (mesos)adjective, dative, singular, neuter — “midst”, the to- or for-formG3319middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of.the midstαὐτῶνautōnof themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.of them

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them,

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,

World English Bible

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them

Darby Translation

And Jesus having called a little child to [him], set it in their midst,

Douay-Rheims

And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them,

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