Matthew 13:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[And he answered] [and said,] [He that soweth] [the good] [seed] [is] [the Son] [of man;]

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ὁ σπείρων τὸ καλὸν σπέρμα ἐστὶν ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου·

Transliteration

He de apokritheis eipen autois, The speirōn to kalon sperma estin ho Huios tou anthrōpou·

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
*autois*: dative, masculine, plural - to them
*speirōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - sowing/the one who sows
*to kalon sperma*: accusative, neuter, singular - the good seed
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
*ho Huios tou anthrōpou*: nominative, masculine, singular - the Son of Man

Word Meanings

*apokritheis*: answering/responding
*eipen*: said/spoke/told
*speirōn*: sower/one who sows
*kalon*: good/fine/noble
*sperma*: seed/offspring
*Huios tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man (Messianic title)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 1:8 : 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Rom 15:18 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
1 Cor 3:5-7 : 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? {G235} {G2228} Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him. 6 I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Heb 1:1 : 1 God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Matt 10:40 : 40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
Matt 13:24 : 24 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:
Matt 13:27 : 27 And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?
Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,
Matt 16:13-16 : 13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is? 14 And they said, Some [say] John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Luke 10:16 : 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
John 13:20 : 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that receiveth {G5100} whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
John 20:21 : 21 Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

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