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Matthew 20:12

‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
Matthew 20:12
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

λέγοντες οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας, τοῖς βαστάσασιν τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.

  1. λέγοντεςlegontes“saying”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  2. οὗτοιhoutoi“These”
    Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  3. οἱhoi“the”
    Article, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  4. ἔσχατοιeschatoi“last”
    Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · from ἔσχατος · “last/least” · Strong's G2078
  5. μίανmian“one”
    Adjective, accusative, singular, feminine · from εἷς · “one” · Strong's G1520
  6. ὥρανhōran“hour”
    Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὥρα · “hour” · Strong's G5610
  7. ἐποίησαν,epoiēsan“worked,”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from ποιέω · “to do/make” · Strong's G4160G
  8. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  9. ἴσουςisous“equal”
    Adjective, accusative, plural, masculine · from ἴσος · “equal” · Strong's G2470
  10. ἡμῖνhēmin“to us”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, dative, plural · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  11. αὐτοὺςautous“them”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  12. ἐποίησας,epoiēsas“you have made,”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person singular · from ποιέω · “to do/make” · Strong's G4160G
  13. τοῖςtois“to [we] who”
    Article, dative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  14. βαστάσασινbastasasin“having borne”
    Verb, aorist, active, participle, dative, plural, masculine · from βαστάζω · “to carry” · Strong's G0941
  15. τὸto“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  16. βάροςbaros“burden”
    Noun, accusative, singular, neuter · “burden” · Strong's G0922
  17. τῆςtēs“of the”
    Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  18. ἡμέραςhēmeras“day”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from ἡμέρα · “day” · Strong's G2250
  19. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  20. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  21. καύσωνα.kausōna“scorching heat.”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from καύσων · “heat” · Strong's G2742
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)