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Matthew 25:45

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

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τότεtoteThenτότεadverb — “Then”G5119then, at that time.Thenἀποκριθήσεταιapokrithēsetaishall he answerἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall he answer”, an action still aheadG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.This verse uses “answer”.shall he answerαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themλέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saying”, 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.sayingἈμὴνamēnVerilyἀμήνparticle — “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.asοὐκoukit notοὐ (ou)adverb — “it not”G3756no, not.it notἐποιήσατεepoiēsateye didποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye did”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ye didἑνὶhenioneεἷς (heis)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “one”, the to- or for-formG1520one.τούτωνtoutōnthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.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”.οὐδὲoudeit notοὐδέadverb — “it not”G3761neither, nor, not even, and not.it notἐμοὶemoito meἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “to me”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.to 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)

'Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these, the least, ye did [it] not to me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these, the least, ye did [it] not to me.

World English Bible

“ Then he will answer them , saying , ‘Most certainly I tell you , because you didn’ t do it to one of the least of these , you didn’ t do it to me .’

Darby Translation

Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me.

Douay-Rheims

Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.

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