Matthew 10:41

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward,

📖 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 Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers, 6 who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God, 7 because for `His' name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations; 8 we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.
• 2 Kgs 4:8-9 : 8 And the day cometh that Elisha passeth over unto Shunem, and there `is' a great woman, and she layeth hold on him to eat bread, and it cometh to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turneth aside thither to eat bread, 9 and she saith unto her husband, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that a holy man of God he is, passing over by us continually; 10 let us make, I pray thee, a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a candlestick; and it hath been, in his coming in unto us, he doth turn aside thither.'
• 2 Kgs 4:16-17 : 16 and he saith, `At this season, according to the time of life, thou art embracing a son;' and she saith, `Nay, my lord, O man of God, do not lie unto thy maid-servant.' 17 And the woman conceiveth and beareth a son, at this season, according to the time of life, that Elisha spake of unto her.
• 2 Kgs 4:32-37 : 32 And Elisha cometh in to the house, and lo, the youth is dead, laid on his bed, 33 and he goeth in and shutteth the door upon them both, and prayeth unto Jehovah. 34 And he goeth up, and lieth down on the lad, and putteth his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands, and stretcheth himself upon him, and the flesh of the lad becometh warm; 35 and he turneth back and walketh in the house, once hither and once thither, and goeth up and stretcheth himself upon him, and the youth sneezeth till seven times, and the youth openeth his eyes. 36 And he calleth unto Gehazi, and saith, `Call unto this Shunammite;' and he calleth her, and she cometh in unto him, and he saith, `Lift up thy son.' 37 And she goeth in, and falleth at his feet, and boweth herself to the earth, and lifteth up her son, and goeth out.
• 2 John 1:8 : 8 See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;
• Gen 20:7 : 7 and now send back the man's wife, for he `is' inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.'
• 1 Kgs 17:9-9 : 9 `Rise, go to Zarephath, that `is' to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.' 10 And he riseth, and goeth to Zarephath, and cometh in unto the opening of the city, and lo there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he calleth unto her, and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me, a little water in a vessel, and I drink.' 11 And she goeth to bring `it', and he calleth unto her and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me a morsel of bread in thy hand.' 12 And she saith, `Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it -- and died.' 13 And Elijah saith unto her, `Fear not, go, do according to thy word, only make for me thence a little cake, in the first place, and thou hast brought out to me; and for thee and for thy son make -- last; 14 for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of Jehovah's giving a shower on the face of the ground.' 15 And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household -- days;
• 1 Kgs 17:20-24 : 20 and crieth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Jehovah my God, also on the widow with whom I am sojourning hast Thou done evil -- to put her son to death?' 21 And he stretcheth himself out on the lad three times, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah my God, let turn back, I pray Thee, the soul of this lad into his midst;' 22 and Jehovah hearkeneth to the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the lad turneth back into his midst, and he liveth. 23 And Elijah taketh the lad, and bringeth him down from the upper chamber of the house, and giveth him to his mother, and Elijah saith, `See, thy son liveth!' 24 And the woman saith unto Elijah, `Now, this I have known, that a man of God thou `art', and the word of Jehovah in thy mouth `is' truth.'
• 1 Kgs 18:3-4 : 3 and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who `is' over the house -- and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly, 4 and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water --
• Isa 3:10 : 10 Say ye to the righteous, that `it is' good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.
• Matt 6:1 : 1 `Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who `is' in the heavens;
• Matt 6:4 : 4 that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.
• Matt 6:6 : 6 `But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
• Matt 6:18 : 18 that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
• Matt 16:27 : 27 `For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.
• Matt 25:34-40 : 34 `Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35 for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; 36 naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me. 37 `Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink? 38 and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around? 39 and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee? 40 `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did `it'.
• Luke 14:13-14 : 13 but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind, 14 and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'
• Acts 16:15 : 15 and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, `If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.
• Rom 16:1-4 : 1 And I commend you to Phebe our sister -- being a ministrant of the assembly that `is' in Cenchrea -- 2 that ye may receive her in the Lord, as doth become saints, and may assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you -- for she also became a leader of many, and of myself. 3 Salute Priscilla and Aquilas, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus -- 4 who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations --
• Rom 16:23 : 23 salute you doth Gaius, my host, and of the whole assembly; salute you doth Erastus, the steward of the city, and Quartus the brother,
• 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly -- with a stewardship I have been entrusted!
• 2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 since `it is' a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble, 7 and to you who are troubled -- rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power,
• 2 Tim 1:16-18 : 16 may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed, 17 but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found; 18 may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.
• Heb 6:10 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;