King James Version

Matthew 20:30

And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἰδοὺidoubeholdἰδούparticle — “behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.beholdδύοduotwoδύοadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “two”, the subject formG1417two.twoτυφλοὶtuphloiblind menτυφλός (tuphlos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “blind men”, the subject formG5185blind, physically or mentally.blind menκαθήμενοιkathēmenoisittingκάθημαι (kathēmai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “sitting”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2521I sit, am seated, enthroned; I dwell, reside.sittingπαρὰparasideπαράpreposition — “side”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.sideτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδόνhodonroadὁδός (hodos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “road”, the object formG3598a way, road, journey, path.This verse uses “road”.ἀκούσαντεςakousanteswhen they heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “when they heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.when they heardὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusπαράγειparageipassed byπαράγω (paragō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “passed by”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3855I pass by, depart, pass away.passed byἔκραξανekraxancried outκράζω (krazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “cried out”, a single actionG2896I cry aloud, shriek.cried outλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (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.sayingΚύριεkurieO Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “O Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.O Lordἐλέησονeleēsonto have mercyἐλεάω (eleaō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “to have mercy”, a single actionG1653I pity, have mercy on.ἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).υἱὸςhuiosthou Sonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “thou Son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.thou SonΔαυίδdauidof DavidΔαυίδnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of David”, the of-formG1138David, King of Israel.of David

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, 'Deal kindly with us, sir — Son of David.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.

Young’s Literal Translation

and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, 'Deal kindly with us, sir — Son of David.'

World English Bible

Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

Darby Translation

And lo, two blind men, sitting by the wayside, having heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.

Douay-Rheims

And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that Jesus passed by, and they cried out, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us.

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