16 and said to him, “Do you hear what these boys are saying?” “Yes,” answered Jesus, “but did you never read the words – ‘Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings you have called forth perfect praise’?”
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 21:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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89
Editorial Notes
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Greek Textus Receptus
Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain
Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Ἀκούεις τί οὗτοι λέγουσιν; Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ναί· οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε ὅτι Ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον;
23 word entries
καὶ
εἶπον
αὐτῷ
Ἀκούεις
τί
οὗτοι
λέγουσιν
Ὁ
δὲ
Ἰησοῦς
λέγει
αὐτοῖς
Ναί
οὐδέποτε
ἀνέγνωτε
ὅτι
Ἐκ
στόματος
νηπίων
καὶ
θηλαζόντων
- Lemma
- qhlazontwn
- Transliteration
- qhlazontwn
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present active participle genitive plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G2337
- Occurrences
- 1
κατηρτίσω
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament
Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· ἀκούεις τί οὗτοι λέγουσιν; ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς λέγει αὐτοῖς· ναί· οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε ὅτι ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον;
23 word entries
Syriac Peshitta New Testament
Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܠܗ ܫܡܥ ܐܢܬ ܡܢܐ ܐܡܪܝܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܐܝܢ ܡܢ ܡܬܘܡ ܠܐ ܩܪܝܬܘܢ ܕܡܢ ܦܘܡܐ ܕܛܠܝܐ ܘܕܝܠܘܕܐ ܬܩܢܬ ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ
21 word entries
ܘܐܡܪܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܐܡܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- w'mryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 196
ܠܗ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܗ
- Transliteration
- lh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1592
ܫܡܥ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܫܡܥ
- Transliteration
- shm'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 61
ܐܢܬ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܐܢܬ
- Transliteration
- ant
- Morphology
- personal pronoun, second singular
- Gloss
- you
- Occurrences
- 491
ܡܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܢܐ
- Transliteration
- mn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 257
ܐܡܪܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܡܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'mryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 174
ܗܠܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܠܝܢ
- Transliteration
- hlyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 451
ܐܡܪ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܐܡܪ
- Transliteration
- emar
- Morphology
- verb root/form
- Gloss
- said, spoke
- Occurrences
- 885
ܠܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 830
ܝܫܘܥ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܝܫܘܥ
- Transliteration
- yshw'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 848
ܐܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'yn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 34
ܡܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܢ
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2166
ܡܬܘܡ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܬܘܡ
- Transliteration
- mtwm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 11
ܠܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܠܐ
- Transliteration
- la
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 1681
ܩܪܝܬܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܩܪܝܬܘܢ
- Transliteration
- qrytwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 10
ܕܡܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܡܢ
- Transliteration
- dmn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 259
ܦܘܡܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܦܘܡܐ
- Transliteration
- pwm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 13
ܕܛܠܝܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܛܠܝܐ
- Transliteration
- dtly'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܘܕܝܠܘܕܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܕܝܠܘܕܐ
- Transliteration
- wdylwd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܬܩܢܬ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܩܢܬ
- Transliteration
- tqnt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 1
ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ
- Transliteration
- tshbwht'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 34
Latin Vulgate Clementine
Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
et dixerunt ei: Audis quid isti dicunt? Jesus autem dixit eis: Utique. Numquam legistis: Quia ex ore infantium et lactentium perfecisti laudem?
22 word entries
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
dixerunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dixerunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
ei
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- ei
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
audis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- audio
- Transliteration
- audis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1534
quid
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quis
- Transliteration
- quid
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1619
isti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iste
- Transliteration
- isti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 877
dicant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
Iesus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Iesus
- Transliteration
- Iesus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 970
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
dicit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
eis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
utique
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- utique
- Transliteration
- utique
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 36
numquam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- numquam
- Transliteration
- numquam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 60
legistis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- lego
- Transliteration
- legistis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 78
quia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quia
- Transliteration
- quia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2543
ex
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ex
- Transliteration
- ex
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1715
ore
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- os
- Transliteration
- ore
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 657
infantium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- infans
- Transliteration
- infantium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 43
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
lactantium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- lacto
- Transliteration
- lactantium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 21
perfecisti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- perficio
- Transliteration
- perfecisti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 73
laudem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- laus
- Transliteration
- laudem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 110
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Psalms 8:2
from the mouths of children and infants. You have built a fortress against your enemies, to silence the foe and the rebel.
61 relevance votesMatthew 11:25
At that same time Jesus uttered the words, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that, though you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, you have revealed them to the childlike!
17 relevance votesMatthew 12:3
“Haven’t you read,” replied Jesus, “what David did, when he and his companions were hungry –
5 relevance votesMatthew 19:4
“Haven’t you read,” replied Jesus, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
5 relevance votesMark 2:25
“Have you never read,” answered Jesus, “what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and his companions –
3 relevance votesMatthew 22:31
As to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read these words of God –
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