The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds a longer phrase after vineyard’: καὶ ὃ ἐὰν ᾖ δίκαιον λήψεσθε..
λέγουσινlegousinThey sayλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “They say”, 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 “say”.They sayαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himὍτιhotiBecauseὅτιconjunction — “Because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.Becauseοὐδεὶςoudeisno manοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.no manἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usἐμισθώσατοemisthōsatoto hireμισθόομαι (misthoomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to hire”, a single actionG3409I hire out, mid: I hire, engage.This verse uses “hire”.λέγειlegeiHe saithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “He saith”, 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.He saithαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themὙπάγετεhupageteGoὑπάγω (hupagō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “Go”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5217I go away, depart, begone, die.Goκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoὑμεῖςhumeisyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “you”, the subject formG4771you.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀμπελῶναampelōnavineyardἀμπελών (ampelōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “vineyard”, the object formG290a vineyard.the vineyard
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
καὶkaialsoκαίconjunction — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.ὃhowhatsoeverὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “whatsoever”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.ἐὰνeanifἐάνconditional particle — “if”G1437if.ᾖēisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.δίκαιονdikaionrightδίκαιος (dikaios)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “right”, the subject formG1342just; especially, just in the eyes of God; righteous; the elect (a Jewish idea).λήψεσθεlēpsesthethat shall ye receiveλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, future deponent indicative, 2nd person plural — “that shall ye receive”, an action still aheadG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “receive”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye — ye also — to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.
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American Standard Version (1901)
They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.
Young’s Literal Translation
they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye — ye also — to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.
World English Bible
“ They said to him , ‘ Because no one has hired us .’ “ He said to them , ‘ You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right .’
Darby Translation
They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go also ye into the vineyard [and whatsoever may be just ye shall receive].
Douay-Rheims
They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them: Go you also into my vineyard.
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