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Matthew 25:40

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisshall answerἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “shall answer”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.This verse uses “answer”.shall answerὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλεὺςbasileuskingβασιλεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “king”, the subject formG935a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.ἐρεῖereito sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, an action still aheadG3004(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 G4483 (ῥέω, utter).αὐτοῖςautoisunto 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 youἐφ’ephInasmuchἐπί (epi)preposition — “Inasmuch”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.Inasmuchὅσονhosonasὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “as”, the object formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.asἐποιήσατεepoiēsateye have doneποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye have done”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ye have doneἑνὶheniit unto oneεἷς (heis)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “it unto one”, the to- or for-formG1520one.it unto oneτούτωνtoutōnof theseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of these”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.of theseτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφῶνadelphōnbrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the of-formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethrenμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐλαχίστωνelachistōnleastἐλάχιστος (elachistos)adjective, superlative, genitive, plural, masculine — “least”, the of-formG1646least, smallest, but perhaps oftener in the weaker sense: very little, very small.This verse uses “least”.ἐμοὶemoiit unto meἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “it unto me”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.it unto meἐποιήσατεepoiēsateto doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren — the least — to me ye did [it].

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren — the least — to me ye did [it].

World English Bible

“ The King will answer them , ‘Most certainly I tell you , because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me .’

Darby Translation

And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.

Douay-Rheims

And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.

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