King James Version

Matthew 22:12

And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andλέγειlegeihe 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 saithαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himἙταῖρεhetaireFriendἑταῖρος (hetairos)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Friend”, the calling formG2083a companion, comrade, friend.Friendπῶςpōshowπῶςadverb — “how”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.howεἰσῆλθεςeisēlthescamest thouεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “camest thou”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.camest thouὧδεhōdein hitherὧδεadverb — “in hither”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.in hitherμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notἔχωνechōnhavingἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “having”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.havingἔνδυμαendumagarmentἔνδυμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “garment”, the object formG1742a garment, raiment, clothing.garmentγάμουgamouweddingγάμος (gamos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “wedding”, the of-formG1062a marriage, wedding, wedding-ceremony; plur: a wedding-feast.This verse uses “wedding”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲde? Andδέconjunction — “? And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.? Andἐφιμώθηephimōthēhe was speechlessφιμόω (phimoō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “he was speechless”, a single actionG5392I muzzle, silence.he was speechless

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.

World English Bible

and he said to him , ‘ Friend , how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing ?’ He was speechless .

Darby Translation

And he says to him, [My] friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.

Douay-Rheims

And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was silent.

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