King James Version

Matthew 20:12

Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “that” (ὅτι·) before These here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

λέγοντεςlegontesSayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “Saying”, 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.SayingΟὗτοιhoutoiTheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “These”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.Theseοἱhoiwhichὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichἔσχατοιeschatoilastἔσχατος (eschatos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “last”, the subject formG2078last, at the last, finally, till the end.This verse uses “last”.μίανmianoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “one”, the object formG1520one.ὥρανhōranhourὥρα (hōra)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “hour”, the object formG5610(a) a definite space of time, a season, (b) an hour, (c) the particular time for anything.ἐποίησανepoiēsanto doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἴσουςisousequalἴσος (isos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “equal”, the object formG2470equal, equivalent, identical.This verse uses “equal”.αὐτοὺςautousheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἐποίησαςepoiēsasto doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.βαστάσασιbastasasito carryβαστάζω (bastazō)verb, aorist active participle, dative, plural, masculine — “to carry”, a single actionG941(a) I carry, bear, (b) I carry (take) away.This verse uses “carry”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.βάροςbarosburdenβάροςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “burden”, the object formG922a weight, burden, lit. or met.This verse uses “burden”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραςhēmerasof the dayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.of the dayκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.καύσωναkausōnaheatκαύσων (kausōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “heat”, the object formG2742a scorching heat, hot wind.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day — and the heat.

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American Standard Version (1901)

saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.

Young’s Literal Translation

that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day — and the heat.

World English Bible

saying , ‘ These last have spent one hour , and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat !’

Darby Translation

saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

Douay-Rheims

Saying: These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.

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World English Bible

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