Matthew 21:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?”
Matthew 21:16 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Matthew 21:1623 words
καὶkaiand / also
εἶπανeipansay
αὐτῷautōhe / she / it / same
ἈκούειςAkoueishear
τίtia (kind
of), any (man, thing
οὗτοιhoutoihe (it was that), hereof, it
λέγουσινlegousinsay
ὁhothe
δὲdeand / but
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesus
λέγειlegeisay
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ΝαίNaieven so, surely, truth
οὐδέποτεoudepoteneither
at any time, never, nothing at an…
ἀνέγνωτεanegnōteread
ὅτιhotithat / because
ἘκEkfrom / out of
στόματοςstomatosedge, face, mouth
νηπίωνnēpiōninfant / child
καὶkaiand / also
θηλαζόντωνthēlazontōn(give)
suck(-ling)
κατηρτίσωkatērtisōfit, frame, mend
αἶνονainonpraise
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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