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Matthew 21:45

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀκούσαντεςakousanteshad heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “had heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.had heardοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀρχιερεῖςarchiereishigh-priestἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “high-priest”, the subject formG749high priest, chief priest.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΦαρισαῖοιpharisaioiPhariseeΦαρισαῖος (pharisaios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “Pharisee”, the subject formG5330a Pharisee, one of the Jewish sect so called.τὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παραβολὰςparabolasparablesπαραβολή (parabolē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “parables”, the object formG3850(a) a comparison, (b) a parable, often of those uttered by our Lord, (c) a proverb, an adage.parablesαὐτοῦautouthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἔγνωσανegnōsanto knowγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to know”, a single actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.περὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.λέγειlegeito speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to speak”, 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 “speak”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

World English Bible

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

Darby Translation

And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.

Douay-Rheims

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.

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