Matthew 10:41

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He that receaueth a prophete, in the name of a prophete, shall receaue a prophetes rewarde. And he that receaueth a ryghteous man, in the name of a ryghteous man, shall receaue a ryghteous mans rewarde.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δεχόμενος προφήτην εἰς ὄνομα προφήτου μισθὸν προφήτου λήψεται· καὶ ὁ δεχόμενος δίκαιον εἰς ὄνομα δικαίου μισθὸν δικαίου λήψεται.

Transliteration

The one dechomenos prophētēn into onoma of-prophētou misthon of-prophētou lēpsetai; and the one dechomenos dikaion into onoma of-dikaiou misthon of-dikaiou lēpsetai.

Grammar Details

• *dechomenos*: present middle participle, nominative masculine singular - receiving
• *prophētēn*: accusative masculine singular - prophet
• *onoma*: accusative neuter singular - name
• *prophētou*: genitive masculine singular - of prophet
• *misthon*: accusative masculine singular - reward
• *lēpsetai*: future middle indicative, 3rd singular - will receive
• *dikaion*: accusative masculine singular - righteous person
• *dikaiou*: genitive masculine singular - of righteous person

Word Meanings

• *dechomenos*: receiving/accepting/welcoming
• *prophētēn*: prophet/one who speaks for God
• *onoma*: name/title/character
• *misthon*: reward/payment/wages
• *lēpsetai*: will receive/get/obtain
• *dikaion*: righteous person/just person
• *dikaiou*: righteous person/just person

Referenced Verses

• 3 John 1:5-8 : 5 Beloued, thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to straungers, 6 Which beare witnesse of thy loue before the Churche. Which brethren, yf thou bryng forwardes of their iourney after a godly sorte, thou shalt do well. 7 Because that for his names sake they went foorth, and toke nothyng of the gentiles. 8 We therfore ought to receaue such, that we myght be helpers to the trueth.
• 2 Kgs 4:8-9 : 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisa came to Sunem, where was a great woman, that toke him in for to eate bread: And so it came to passe, that from that tyme foorth (as oft as he came that way) he turned in thyther to eate bread. 9 And she saide vnto her husband: Beholde, I perceaue that this is an holy man of God which passeth by vs continually. 10 Let vs make him a litle chamber I pray thee, with walles, & let vs set him there a bed, and a table, and a stoole, and a candelsticke: that he may turne in thyther when he commeth to vs.
• 2 Kgs 4:16-17 : 16 And he saide: At this tyme appoynted, according to the tyme of lyfe, thou shalt imbrace a sonne. And she said: Oh nay my lorde thou man of God, do not lye vnto thyne handmayde. 17 And the wyfe conceaued, and bare a sonne that same season that Elisa had sayde vnto her, acording to the tyme of lyfe.
• 2 Kgs 4:32-37 : 32 And when Elisa was come into the house, behold the childe was dead, and layde vpon his bed. 33 He went in therefore, & shut the doore vpon them twayne, & prayed vnto the Lorde, 34 And went vp, and laye vpon the lad, and put his mouth on his mouth, & his eyes vpon his eyes, & his handes vpon his handes, & when he so laye vpon the childe, the fleshe of the childe waxed warme. 35 And he went againe, and walked once vp and downe in the house, & then went vp, & layde him selfe vpon him againe: And then the childe gasped seue times, and opened his eyes. 36 And he called Gehezi, and saide: Call for this Sunamite. So he called her: which when she was come in vnto him, he saide vnto her: Take thy sonne. 37 Therfore she went in, and fell at his feete, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and toke vp her sonne, and went out.
• 2 John 1:8 : 8 Loke on your selues, that we loose not that we haue wrought: but that we may haue a full rewarde.
• Gen 20:7 : 7 Nowe therefore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne, for he is a prophete, and he shall pray for thee, that thou mayest lyue: But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne, be sure that thou shalt dye the death, both thou and all that thou hast.
• 1 Kgs 17:9-9 : 9 Up, and get thee to Zarphath, which is in Sidon, and dwell there: Beholde, I haue commaunded a wydow there to sustaine thee. 10 So he arose, and went to Zarphath: and when he came to the gate of the citie, beholde the widow was there gathering of stickes: And he called to her, and said: set me I pray thee a litle water in a vessel, that I may drincke. 11 And as she was going to fet it, he cryed after her, and saide: bryng me I pray thee a morsell of bread also in thyne hand. 12 She sayde: As the Lorde thy God lyueth, I haue no bread redy, but euen an handful of meale in a barrel, & a litle oyle in a cruse: And beholde, I am gathering two stickes, for to go in and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eate it, and dye. 13 And Elias saide vnto her, Feare not, go, and do as thou hast saide: but make me thereof a litle cake first of all, & bring it vnto me, and afterward make for thee and thy sonne. 14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel: The meale in the barrel shall not be wasted, neither shal the oyle in the cruse be minished, vntil the Lorde haue sent rayne vpon the earth. 15 And she went, and did as Elias sayde: And she, and he, and her house, did eate a good space.
• 1 Kgs 17:20-24 : 20 And called vnto the Lorde, and saide: O Lorde my God, hast thou punished also this wydow with whom I dwell as a straunger, & hast slaine her sonne? 21 And he stretched him selfe vpon the childe three tymes, and called vnto the Lorde, and saide: O Lorde my God, I pray thee let this childes soule come into him againe. 22 And the Lord heard the voyce of Elias, & the soule of the childe came into him againe, and he reuiued. 23 And Elias toke the boye, and brought him downe out of the chamber into the house, and deliuered him vnto his mother: And Elias saide, Behold, thy sonne lyueth. 24 And the woman said vnto Elias: Now I knowe that thou art a man of God, and that the worde of the Lorde in thy mouth, is true.
• 1 Kgs 18:3-4 : 3 And Ahab called Obadia, which was the gouernour of his house: (and Obadia feared God greatly. 4 For when Iezabel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadia toke an hundred prophets, and hid them by fiftie in a caue, and prouided bread and water for them.)
• Isa 3:10 : 10 Say to the ryghteous that it shall go well with them: for they shall eate the fruite of their owne studies.
• Matt 6:1 : 1 Take heede to your almes, that ye geue it not in the sight of men, to the intente that ye woulde be sene of the, or els ye haue no rewarde of your father, which is in heauen.
• Matt 6:4 : 4 That thyne almes may be in secrete: And thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly.
• Matt 6:6 : 6 But when thou prayest, enter into thy chaumber, and when thou hast shut thy dore, pray to thy father, which is in secrete, and thy father which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly.
• Matt 6:18 : 18 That thou appeare not vnto men, to fast: but vnto thy father, which is in secrete, and thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly.
• Matt 16:27 : 27 For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his Angels: and then shall he rewarde euery man accordyng to his workes.
• Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde. 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me. 37 Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke? 38 When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee? 40 And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.
• Luke 14:13-14 : 13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poore, the feeble, the lame, & the blynde, 14 And thou shalt be happy, for they can not recompence thee: For thou shalt be recompenced at the resurrection of the iust men.
• Acts 16:15 : 15 And when she was baptized, and her householde, she besought vs, saying: Yf ye haue iudged me to be faythfull to the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs.
• Rom 16:1-4 : 1 I commende vnto you Phebe our sister, whiche is a minister of the Church of Cenchrea, 2 That ye receaue her in the Lorde, as it becommeth saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busynesse she hath nede of you: For she hath suckoured many, and my selfe also. 3 Greete Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christe Iesu: 4 (Which haue for my lyfe layde downe their owne neckes: Unto whom, not onlye I geue thankes, but also all the Churches of the gentiles)
• Rom 16:23 : 23 Gaius myne hoast, and of the whole Churche, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlaine of the citie saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
• 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do it with a good wil, I haue a reward: but if I do it against my wil, the dispensatio is committed vnto me.
• 2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 For it is a ryghteous thing with God, to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you: 7 And to you whiche are troubled, reste with vs, in the reuelation of the Lorde Iesus from heauen, with the Angels of his power,
• 2 Tim 1:16-18 : 16 The Lorde geue mercie vnto ye house of Onesiphorus, for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chayne. 17 But whe he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and founde me. 18 The Lorde graunt vnto hym, that he may fynde mercie with the Lorde in that day: And in howe many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not vnryghteous, to forget your worke & labour of loue, whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name, hauyng ministred to the saintes, and do minister.