2{
"verseID": "Matthew.7.2",
"source": "Ἐν ᾧ γὰρ κρίματι κρίνετε, κριθήσεσθε: καὶ ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.",
"text": "In which *gar* *krimati krinete*, you will be *krithēsesthe*: and in which *metrō metreite*, will be *metrēthēsetai* to you.",
"grammar": {
"*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because",
"*krimati*": "dative singular neuter - judgment/standard",
"*krinete*": "present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you judge",
"*krithēsesthe*": "future passive indicative, 2nd person plural - you will be judged",
"*metrō*": "dative singular neuter - measure/standard",
"*metreite*": "present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you measure",
"*metrēthēsetai*": "future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be measured",
"*hymin*": "dative plural - to you"
},
"variants": {
"*krimati*": "judgment/verdict/standard of judgment",
"*krinete*": "judge/evaluate/condemn",
"*metrō*": "measure/standard/quantity",
"*metreite*": "measure out/evaluate/apportion"
}
}
3{
"verseID": "Matthew.7.3",
"source": "Τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς;",
"text": "Why *de blepeis* the *karphos* the in the *ophthalmō* of the *adelphou sou*, the *de* in the *sō ophthalmō dokon ou katanoeis*?",
"grammar": {
"*Ti*": "interrogative pronoun - why/what",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and/now",
"*blepeis*": "present active indicative, 2nd person singular - you see/notice",
"*karphos*": "accusative singular neuter - speck/splinter",
"*ophthalmō*": "dative singular masculine - eye",
"*adelphou*": "genitive singular masculine - brother",
"*sou*": "genitive singular - your",
"*sō*": "dative singular - your own",
"*dokon*": "accusative singular feminine - beam/plank",
"*ou*": "negative particle - not",
"*katanoeis*": "present active indicative, 2nd person singular - you perceive/notice/observe"
},
"variants": {
"*karphos*": "speck/splinter/chip of wood/straw",
"*adelphou*": "brother/fellow believer/neighbor",
"*dokon*": "beam/plank/log/large piece of wood",
"*katanoeis*": "perceive/notice fully/consider carefully/understand"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Matthew.7.4",
"source": "Ἢ πῶς ἐρεῖς τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου, Ἄφες ἐκβάλω τὸ κάρφος ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου· καὶ, ἰδοὺ, ἡ δοκὸς ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ σοῦ;",
"text": "Or how *ereis tō adelphō sou*, *Aphes ekbalō* the *karphos* from the *ophthalmou sou*; and, *idou*, the *dokos* in the *ophthalmō sou*?",
"grammar": {
"*Ē*": "disjunctive conjunction - or",
"*pōs*": "interrogative adverb - how",
"*ereis*": "future active indicative, 2nd person singular - you will say",
"*tō adelphō*": "dative singular masculine - to the brother",
"*sou*": "genitive singular - your",
"*Aphes*": "aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - permit/allow",
"*ekbalō*": "aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular - I might cast out/remove",
"*karphos*": "accusative singular neuter - speck/splinter",
"*apo*": "preposition with genitive - from",
"*tou ophthalmou*": "genitive singular masculine - the eye",
"*idou*": "aorist middle imperative - behold/look/see",
"*hē dokos*": "nominative singular feminine - the beam/plank",
"*sou*": "genitive singular - your"
},
"variants": {
"*aphes*": "permit/allow/let/leave",
"*ekbalō*": "cast out/remove/expel",
"*idou*": "behold/look/see [interjection drawing attention]"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Matthew.7.5",
"source": "Ὑποκριτά, ἔκβαλε πρῶτον τὴν δοκόν ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σοῦ· καὶ τότε διαβλέψεις ἐκβαλεῖν τὸ κάρφος ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου.",
"text": "*Hypokrita*, *ekbale prōton* the *dokon* from the *ophthalmou sou*; and *tote diablepseis ekbalein* the *karphos* from the *ophthalmou tou adelphou sou*.",
"grammar": {
"*Hypokrita*": "vocative singular masculine - hypocrite",
"*ekbale*": "aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - cast out/remove",
"*prōton*": "adverb - first/firstly",
"*tēn dokon*": "accusative singular feminine - the beam/plank",
"*ek*": "preposition with genitive - from/out of",
"*tou ophthalmou*": "genitive singular masculine - the eye",
"*sou*": "genitive singular - your",
"*tote*": "temporal adverb - then/at that time",
"*diablepseis*": "future active indicative, 2nd person singular - you will see clearly",
"*ekbalein*": "aorist active infinitive - to cast out/remove",
"*to karphos*": "accusative singular neuter - the speck/splinter",
"*tou adelphou*": "genitive singular masculine - of the brother"
},
"variants": {
"*hypokrita*": "hypocrite/actor/pretender",
"*ekbale*": "cast out/remove/expel",
"*diablepseis*": "see clearly/see through/perceive distinctly"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Matthew.7.6",
"source": "Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσίν, μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων, μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς.",
"text": "*Mē dōte* the *hagion tois kysin*, *mēde balēte tous margaritas hymōn emprosthen tōn choirōn*, *mēpote katapatēsōsin autous en tois posin autōn*, and *straphentes rhēxōsin hymas*.",
"grammar": {
"*Mē*": "negative particle with subjunctive - not",
"*dōte*": "aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might give",
"*to hagion*": "accusative singular neuter - the holy thing",
"*tois kysin*": "dative plural masculine - to the dogs",
"*mēde*": "negative conjunction - and not/nor",
"*balēte*": "aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might throw/cast",
"*tous margaritas*": "accusative plural masculine - the pearls",
"*hymōn*": "genitive plural - your",
"*emprosthen*": "preposition with genitive - before/in front of",
"*tōn choirōn*": "genitive plural masculine - the pigs/swine",
"*mēpote*": "negative conjunction - lest/so that not",
"*katapatēsōsin*": "aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might trample",
"*autous*": "accusative plural masculine - them",
"*en*": "preposition with dative - in/with",
"*tois posin*": "dative plural masculine - the feet",
"*autōn*": "genitive plural - their",
"*straphentes*": "aorist passive participle, nominative plural masculine - having turned",
"*rhēxōsin*": "aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might tear/rend",
"*hymas*": "accusative plural - you"
},
"variants": {
"*hagion*": "holy thing/sacred object/consecrated item",
"*kysin*": "dogs [often symbolic of unclean/impure]",
"*margaritas*": "pearls/valuable objects",
"*choirōn*": "pigs/swine [considered unclean animals]",
"*katapatēsōsin*": "trample down/tread under foot",
"*straphentes*": "having turned/having turned around/having turned back",
"*rhēxōsin*": "tear to pieces/rend/break/attack"
}
}