Luke 8:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, Μήτηρ μου καὶ ἀδελφοί μου οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀκούοντες, καὶ ποιοῦντες αὐτόν.

Transliteration

The de apokritheis eipen pros them, Mētēr of me and adelphoi of me these eisin the ones the logon of the Theou akouontes, and poiountes it.

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
*apokritheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative masculine singular - having answered
*eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
*pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
*Mētēr*: nominative feminine singular - mother
*adelphoi*: nominative masculine plural - brothers
*eisin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - are/exist
*logon*: accusative masculine singular - word/message
*Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God
*akouontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - hearing/listening to
*poiountes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - doing/performing

Word Meanings

*logon*: word/message/account/teaching
*akouontes*: hearing/listening to/obeying
*poiountes*: doing/performing/practicing/accomplishing

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 13:17 : 17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
Jas 1:22 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
1 John 3:22-23 : 22 and whatsoever {G1437} we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.
3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: {G1161} he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
John 15:14-15 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.
John 20:17 : 17 Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Wherefore {G575} we henceforth know no man after the flesh: {G1161} even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know [him so] no more.
2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Heb 2:11-13 : 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise. 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me.
Matt 7:21-26 : 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Matt 25:40 : 40 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.
Matt 25:45 : 45 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.
Matt 28:10 : 10 Then saith Jesus unto them, Fear not: go tell my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Luke 8:15 : 15 And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luke 11:27-28 : 27 And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
John 6:28-29 : 28 They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

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