2{
"verseID": "Matthew.22.2",
"source": "Ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ βασιλεῖ, ὅστις ἐποίησεν γάμους τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ,",
"text": "*Hōmoiōthē* the *basileia* of the *ouranōn* to *anthrōpō* *basilei*, *hostis* *epoiēsen* *gamous* for the *huiō* of him,",
"grammar": {
"*Hōmoiōthē*": "aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was made like/compared",
"*basileia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom",
"*ouranōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - heavens",
"*anthrōpō*": "dative, masculine, singular - man/human",
"*basilei*": "dative, masculine, singular - king",
"*hostis*": "relative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - who",
"*epoiēsen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - made/did",
"*gamous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - wedding feasts/marriages",
"*huiō*": "dative, masculine, singular - son"
},
"variants": {
"*Hōmoiōthē*": "was likened to/has become like/is comparable to",
"*basileia*": "kingdom/reign/rule",
"*ouranōn*": "heavens/skies",
"*gamous*": "wedding feast/marriage celebration/wedding banquet"
}
}
3{
"verseID": "Matthew.22.3",
"source": "Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ καλέσαι τοὺς κεκλημένους εἰς τοὺς γάμους: καὶ οὐκ ἤθελον ἐλθεῖν.",
"text": "And *apesteilen* the *doulous* of him to *kalesai* the *keklēmenous* to the *gamous*: and not *ēthelon* *elthein*.",
"grammar": {
"*apesteilen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - sent out/dispatched",
"*doulous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - slaves/servants",
"*kalesai*": "aorist active infinitive - to call/invite",
"*keklēmenous*": "perfect passive participle, accusative, masculine, plural - having been called/invited",
"*gamous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - wedding feasts/marriages",
"*ēthelon*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - were willing/wanting",
"*elthein*": "aorist active infinitive - to come/go"
},
"variants": {
"*doulous*": "slaves/servants/bondservants",
"*kalesai*": "to call/invite/summon",
"*gamous*": "wedding feast/marriage celebration/wedding banquet",
"*ēthelon*": "were willing/wanted/desired"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Matthew.22.4",
"source": "Πάλιν, ἀπέστειλεν ἄλλους δούλους, λέγων, Εἴπατε τοῖς κεκλημένοις, Ἰδού, τὸ ἄριστόν μου ἡτοίμασα: οἱ ταῦροί μου καὶ τὰ σιτιστὰ τεθυμένα, καὶ πάντα ἕτοιμα: δεῦτε εἰς τοὺς γάμους.",
"text": "*Palin*, *apesteilen* *allous* *doulous*, *legōn*, *Eipate* to the *keklēmenois*, *Idou*, the *ariston* of me I have *hētoimasa*: the *tauroi* of me and the *sitista* *tethumena*, and *panta* *hetoima*: *deute* to the *gamous*.",
"grammar": {
"*Palin*": "adverb - again/once more",
"*apesteilen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - sent out/dispatched",
"*allous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - other/different",
"*doulous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - slaves/servants",
"*legōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying",
"*Eipate*": "aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - say/tell",
"*keklēmenois*": "perfect passive participle, dative, masculine, plural - to those having been called/invited",
"*Idou*": "aorist middle imperative, 2nd person singular - behold/look/see",
"*ariston*": "accusative, neuter, singular - meal/dinner/feast",
"*hētoimasa*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I prepared/made ready",
"*tauroi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - bulls/oxen",
"*sitista*": "nominative, neuter, plural - fattened animals/fatlings",
"*tethumena*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, neuter, plural - having been slaughtered/sacrificed",
"*panta*": "nominative, neuter, plural - all things",
"*hetoima*": "nominative, neuter, plural - ready/prepared",
"*deute*": "adverb used as imperative - come!/come here!",
"*gamous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - wedding feasts/marriages"
},
"variants": {
"*ariston*": "dinner/feast/banquet/meal",
"*tauroi*": "bulls/oxen",
"*sitista*": "fattened animals/fatlings/grain-fed animals",
"*tethumena*": "having been slaughtered/sacrificed/killed",
"*deute*": "come!/come here!/come now!"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Matthew.22.5",
"source": "Οἱ δὲ ἀμελήσαντες, ἀπῆλθον, ὁ μὲν εἰς τὸν ἴδιον ἀγρόν, ὁ δὲ εἰς τὴν ἐμπορίαν αὐτοῦ:",
"text": "But they *amelēsantes*, *apēlthon*, the *men* to the *idion* *agron*, the *de* to the *emporian* of him:",
"grammar": {
"*amelēsantes*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having disregarded/neglected",
"*apēlthon*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - went away/departed",
"*men*": "particle - on the one hand (correlates with *de*)",
"*idion*": "accusative, masculine, singular - one's own/personal",
"*agron*": "accusative, masculine, singular - field/farm/land",
"*de*": "particle - but/and/on the other hand",
"*emporian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - business/trade/merchandise"
},
"variants": {
"*amelēsantes*": "having disregarded/neglected/paid no attention",
"*idion*": "own/personal/private",
"*agron*": "field/farm/land/countryside",
"*emporian*": "business/trade/merchandise/commerce"
}
}