King James Version

Matthew 21:28

But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before having come here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of mine” (μου.) after vineyard here.

Τίtiwhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “what”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.whatδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὑμῖνhuminyeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “ye”, the to- or for-formG4771you.yeδοκεῖdokeito thinkδοκέω (dokeō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to think”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1380I think, seem, appear, it seems.This verse uses “think”.ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos? A certain manἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “? A certain man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.? A certain manεἶχενeichenhadἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “had”, an ongoing action in the pastG2192I have, hold, possess.hadτέκναteknasonsτέκνον (teknon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “sons”, the object formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.sonsδύοduotwoδύοadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “two”, the object formG1417two.προσελθὼνproselthōnhe cameπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he came”, a single actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).he cameτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πρώτῳprōtōto the firstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, dative, singular, neuter — “to the first”, the to- or for-formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.to the firstεἶπενeipento 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).and saidΤέκνονteknonSonτέκνονnoun, vocative, singular, neuter — “Son”, the calling formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.Sonὕπαγεhupagegoὑπάγω (hupagō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person singular — “go”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5217I go away, depart, begone, die.goσήμερονsēmeronto dayσήμερονadverb — “to day”G4594today, now.to dayἐργάζουergazouto workἐργάζομαι (ergazomai)verb, present middle imperative, 2nd person singular — “to work”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2038I work, trade, perform, do, practice, commit, acquire by labor.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀμπελῶνιampelōnivineyardἀμπελών (ampelōn)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “vineyard”, the to- or for-formG290a vineyard.vineyard

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

World English Bible

But what do you think ? A man had two sons , and he came to the first , and said , ‘ Son , go work today in my vineyard.’

Darby Translation

But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in [my] vineyard.

Douay-Rheims

But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work today in my vineyard.

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