Matthew 5:19

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Whosoever breaketh one of these lest commaundmentes and teacheth men so he shalbe called the leest in the kyngdome of heve. But whosoever obserueth and teacheth ye same shal be called greate in the kyngdome of heven.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων, καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν: ὃς δʼ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ, οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν.

Transliteration

Who ean oun lysē one of-the entolōn these of-the elachistōn, and didaxē houtōs the anthrōpous, elachistos klēthēsetai in the basileia of-the ouranōn: who d' an poiēsē and didaxē, this one megas klēthēsetai in the basileia of-the ouranōn.

Grammar Details

• *ean*: conditional conjunction - if
• *oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/then
• *lysē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might break/loosen
• *entolōn*: genitive feminine plural - of commandments
• *elachistōn*: genitive feminine plural superlative - least/smallest
• *didaxē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might teach
• *houtōs*: adverb - thus/in this manner
• *anthrōpous*: accusative masculine plural - men/people
• *elachistos*: nominative masculine singular superlative - least/smallest
• *klēthēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be called
• *basileia*: dative feminine singular - in kingdom
• *ouranōn*: genitive masculine plural - of heavens
• *d'*: postpositive conjunction (contracted) - but/and
• *an*: modal particle with subjunctive - ever/possibly
• *poiēsē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might do/practice
• *megas*: nominative masculine singular - great

Word Meanings

• *lysē*: break/loosen/destroy
• *entolōn*: commandments/instructions
• *elachistōn*: least/smallest/most insignificant
• *didaxē*: teach/instruct
• *houtōs*: thus/in this manner/so
• *anthrōpous*: men/people/humans
• *klēthēsetai*: will be called/named/designated
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *ouranōn*: heavens/skies
• *poiēsē*: do/perform/practice
• *megas*: great/large/important

Referenced Verses

• Matt 11:11 : 11 Verely I saye vnto you amonge ye chyldren of wemen arose there not a gretter then Ihon the baptist. Notwithstondinge he that ys lesse in the kyngdome of heven ys gretter then he.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 Teachinge them to observe all thynges what soever I comcommaunded you. And lo I am with you all waye even vntyll the ende of the worlde.
• Jas 2:10-11 : 10 Whosoever shall kepe the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gyltie in all. 11 For he that sayd. Thou shallt not commit adulterie sayed also: thou shallt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie yet yf thou kill thou arte a transgresser of the lawe.
• 1 Tim 4:11-12 : 11 Suche thynges commaunde and teache. 12 Let no man despyse thy youth: but be vnto them that beleve an insample in worde in conversacion in love in sprete in fayth and in purenes.
• Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Owe nothinge to eny man: but to love one another. For he that loveth another fulfylleth the lawe. 9 For these commaundementes: Thou shalt not comit advoutry: Thou shalt not kyll: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false witnes: Thou shalt not desyre and so forth (yf there be eny other comaundement) they are all comprehended in this sayinge: Love thyne neghbour as thy selfe. 10 Love hurteth not his neghbour. Therfore is love the fulfillynge of the lawe.
• Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a true sayinge. Of these thinges I wolde thou shuldest certifie that they which beleve God myght be diligent to go forwarde in good workes. These thinges are good and proffitable vnto me.
• Gal 5:14-24 : 14 For all ye lawe is fulfilled in one worde which is this: thou shalt love thyne neghbour as thy selfe. 15 Yf ye byte and devoure one another: take hede lest ye be consumed one of another. 16 I saye walke in the sprete and fulfill not ye lustes of ye flesshe. 17 For ye flesshe lusteth contrary to ye sprete and ye sprete cotrary to ye flesshe. Tese are cotrary one to the other so yt ye canot do that which ye wolde. 18 But and yf ye be ledde of the sprete then are ye not vnder the lawe. 19 The dedes of the flesshe are manyfest whiche are these advoutrie fornicacio vnclenes wantannes 20 ydolatrye witchecraft hatred variaunce zele wrath stryfe sedicion sectes 21 envyinge murther dronkenes glottony and soche lyke: of the which I tell you before as I have tolde you in tyme past that they which comit soche thinges shall not inherite ye kyngdome of God. 22 But ye frute of sprete is loue ioye peace longesufferinge getlenes goodnes faythfulnes 23 meknes temperancye. Agaynst suche ther is no lawe. 24 They ye are Christis have crucified the flesshe with the appetites and lustes
• Deut 12:32 : 32 But what soeuer I commaunde you that take hede ye do: ad put nought thereto, nor take ought there from.
• Rom 6:1 : 1 What shall we saye then? Shall we continue in synne that there maye be aboundaunce of grace?
• Rom 6:15 : 15 What then? Shall we synne because we are not vnder the lawe: but vnder grace? God forbyd.
• Gal 3:10-13 : 10 For as many as are vnder the dedes of the lawe are vnder malediccio. For it is written: cursed is every man yt cotinueth not in all thinges which are writte in ye boke of ye lawe to fulfill the. 11 That no ma is iustified by ye lawe in ye sight of God is evidet. For the iuste shall live by fayth. 12 The lawe is not of fayth: but the man that fulfilleth the thinges contayned in the lawe (shall live in the.) 13 But Christ hath delivered vs fro the curse of the lawe and was made a cursed for vs. For it is writte: cursed is every one that hangeth on tree
• 1 Tim 6:3-4 : 3 These thynges teache and exhorte. Yf eny man teache other wise and is not contet with ye wholsome wordes of oure LORde Iesu christ and with the doctryne of godlines 4 he is pufte vp and knoweth nothynge: but wasteth his braynes aboute questions and stryfe of wordes wherof sprynge envie stryfe raylinges evyll surmysinges
• 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou which arte the man of god flye soche thynges Folowe rightewesnes godlines love pacience and meknes.
• Titus 2:8-9 : 8 worde which cannot be rebuked that he which withstondeth maye be a shamed havynge no thinge in you yt he maye disprayse. 9 The servautes exhorte to be obediet vnto their awne masters and to please in all thynges not answerynge agayne 10 nether be pickers but that they shewe all good faythfulnes that they maye do worshippe to ye doctryne of oure saveoure God in all thynges.
• 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chef shepheerde shall appere ye shall receave an incorruptible croune of glorye.
• Rev 2:14-15 : 14 But I have a fewe thynges agaynst the: yt thou hast there they that mayntayne the doctryne of Balam which taught in balake to put occasion of syn before the chylderne of Israhell that they shulde eate of meate dedicat vnto ydoles and to commyt fornicacion. 15 Even so hast thou them that mayntayne the doctryne of the Nicolaytans which thynge I hate.
• Rev 2:20 : 20 Notwitstondinge I have a feawe thynges agaynst the that thou sofferest that woman Iesabell which called her sylfe a prophetes to teache and to deceave my servauntes to make them commyt fornicacion and to eate meates offered vppe vnto ydoles.
• Deut 27:26 : 26 Cursed be he that matayneth not all the wordes of this lawe to doo them, ad all the people shall saye Amen.
• Phil 3:17-18 : 17 Brethren be folowers of and me loke on them which walke even so as ye have vs for an ensample. 18 For many walke (of whom I have tolde you often and now tell you wepynge) that they are ye enemyes of ye crosse of Christ
• Phil 4:8-9 : 8 Furthermore brethren whatsoever thinges are true whatsoever thynges are honest what soever thynges are iust whatsoever thynges are pure whatsoever thynges pertayne to love whatsoever thynges are of honest reporte: yf ther be eny verteous thynge yf there be eny laudable thynge 9 those same have ye in youre mynde which ye have both learned and receaved herde and also sene in me: those thynges do and the god of peace shalbe with you.
• 1 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 Ye are witnesses and so is god how holyly and iustly and vnblameable we behaved oure selves amonge you that beleve: 11 as ye knowe how that we exhorted and comforted and besought every one of you as a father his childre 12 that ye wolde walke worthy of God which hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glory.
• 1 Thess 4:1-7 : 1 Further more we beseche you brethren and exhorte you in the LORde Iesus that ye increace more and more euen as ye have receaved of vs how ye ought to walke and to please god. 2 Ye remember what commaundmetes we gave you in oure LORde Iesu Christ. 3 For this is the will of god even that ye shuld be holy and that ye shuld abstayne from fornicacion 4 that every one of you shuld knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure 5 and not in the lust of concupiscence as do the hethen which knowe not god 6 that no man goo to farre and defraude his brother in bargayninge: because the LORde is a venger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before tyme and testified. 7 For god hath not called vs vnto vnclennes: but vnto holynes.
• Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shalbe greate in the sight of the LORde and shall nether drinke wyne ner stronge drinke. And he shalbe filled with the holy goost even in his mothers wombe:
• Luke 9:48 : 48 and sayd vnto the: Whosoever receaveth this chylde in my name receaveth me. And whosoever receaveth me receaveth him yt sent me. For he yt is least amonge you all the same shalbe greate.
• Luke 11:42 : 42 But wo be to you Pharises for ye tithe the mynt and rewe and all manner erbes and passe over iudgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done and yet not to have left the other vndone.
• Luke 22:24-26 : 24 And ther was a stryfe amoge the which of them shuld be taken for the greatest. 25 And he sayde vnto them: the kynges of the getyls raygne over them and they that beare rule over them are called gracious LORdes. 26 But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest amonge you shalbe as the yongest: and he that is chefe shalbe as the minister.
• Acts 1:1 : 1 ¶ In the former treatise (Deare frende Theophilus) I have written of all that Iesus beganne to do and teache
• Rom 3:8 : 8 and saye not rather (as men evyll speake of vs and as some affirme that we saye) let vs do evyll that good maye come therof. Whose damnacion is iuste.
• Matt 15:3-6 : 3 He answered and sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse ye comaundment of God thorowe youre tradicions? 4 For God comaunded sayinge: honoure thy father and mother and he that cursseth father or mother shall suffer deeth. 5 But ye saye every ma shall saye to his father or mother: That which thou desyrest of me to helpe ye with: is geven God: 6 and so shall he not honoure his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made yt the comaundment of God is with out effecte through youre tradicios.
• Matt 19:28 : 28 Iesus sayde vnto them: verely I saye to you: when the sonne of man shall syt in ye seate of his maieste ye which folowe me in ye seconde generacion shall syt also vpon.xii. seates and iudge ye.xii. tribes of Israel.
• Matt 20:26 : 26 It shall not be so amoge you. But whosoever wyll be greate amoge you let him be youre minister:
• Matt 23:16-23 : 16 Wo be vnto you blynd gides which saye whosoever sweare by the teple it is no thinge: but whosoever sweare by the golde of the temple he offendeth. 17 Ye foles and blinde? whether is greater the golde or the teple that sanctifieth ye golde. 18 And whosoever sweareth by the aulter it is nothinge: but whosoever sweareth by ye offeringe yt lyeth on ye aultre offendeth. 19 Ye foles and blinde: whether is greater ye offeringe or ye aultre which sanctifieth ye offeringe? 20 Whosoever therfore sweareth by ye aultre sweareth by it and by all yt there on is. 21 And whosoever sweareth by the teple sweareth by it and by hym yt dwelleth therin. 22 And he that sweareth by heve swereth by the seate of God and by hym that sytteth theron. 23 Wo be to you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites which tythe mynt annyse and comen and leave the waygthtyer mattres of ye lawe vndone: iudgemet mercy and fayth. These ought ye to have done and not to have left the othre vndone.