Matthew 23:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”
Matthew 23:15 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Matthew 23:1525 words
ΟὐαὶOuaialas, woe
ὑμῖνhyminyou
γραμματεῖςgrammateisscribe, town-clerk
καὶkaiand / also
ΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiPharisee
ὑποκριταίhypokritaihypocrite
ὅτιhotithat / because
περιάγετεperiagetecompass, go (round) about, lead about
τὴνtēnthe
θάλασσανthalassansea
καὶkaiand / also
τὴνtēnthe
ξηρὰνxērandry land, withered
ποιῆσαιpoiēsaiabide, + agree, appoint
ἕναhenainto / to
προσήλυτονprosēlytonproselyte
καὶkaiand / also
ὅτανhotanas long
(soon) as, that, + till
γένηταιgenētaiarise, be
assembled, be(-come
ποιεῖτεpoieiteabide, + agree, appoint
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
υἱὸνhyionson
γεέννηςgeennēshell
διπλότερονdiploterondouble, two-fold
more
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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