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Matthew 21:21

Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

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ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredδὲdeandδέconjunction — “and”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.andὁhotheὁarticle, 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.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).saidαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themἈμὴνamēnVerilyἀμήνparticle — “Verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.VerilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I 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”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youἐὰνeanIfἐάνconjunction — “If”G1437if.Ifἔχητεechēteye haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “ye have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ye haveπίστινpistinfaithπίστις (pistis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “faith”, the object formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.faithκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notδιακριθῆτεdiakrithēteto judgeδιακρίνω (diakrinō)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “to judge”, a single actionG1252I separate, distinguish, discern one thing from another; I doubt, hesitate, waver.οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notμόνονmononaloneμόνος (monos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “alone”, the object formG3441only, solitary, desolate.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.συκῆςsukēswhich is done to the fig treeσυκῆ (sukē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “which is done to the fig tree”, the of-formG4808a fig-tree.which is done to the fig treeποιήσετεpoiēseteto doποιέω (poieō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to do”, an action still aheadG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butκἂνkanandκἄνadverb — “and”G2579Strong’s files this form under G1437 (ἐάν, denote).also ifτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὄρειoreimountainὄρος (oros)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “mountain”, the to- or for-formG3735a mountain, hill.mountainτούτῳtoutōthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, neuter — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.εἴπητεeipēteto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “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).ἌρθητιarthētiBe thou removedαἴρω (airō)verb, aorist passive imperative, 2nd person singular — “Be thou removed”, a single actionG142I raise, lift up, take away, remove.Be thou removedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andβλήθητιblēthētibe thou castβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist passive imperative, 2nd person singular — “be thou cast”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “cast”.be thou castεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θάλασσανthalassanseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the object formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.the seaγενήσεταιgenēsetaiit shall be doneγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it shall be done”, an action still aheadG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.it shall be done

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Verily I say to you, If ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you , if you have faith and don’ t doubt , you will not only do what was done to the fig tree , but even if you told this mountain , ‘ Be taken up and cast into the sea ,’ it would be done .

Darby Translation

And Jesus answering said to them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what [is done] to the fig-tree, but even if ye should say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and be thou cast into the sea, it shall come to pass.

Douay-Rheims

And Jesus answering, said to them: Amen, I say to you, if you shall have faith, and stagger not, not only this of the fig tree shall you do, but also if you shall say to this mountain, Take up and cast thyself into the sea, it shall be done.

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