Matthew
Chapter 23
Verse 17
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Matthew 23

World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 17

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17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 23:17. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 57
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοί· τίς γὰρ μείζων ἐστίν, ὁ χρυσός, ἢ ὁ ναὸς ὁ ἁγιάζων τὸν χρυσόν;

16 word entries
Μωροὶ
Lemma
mwroi
Transliteration
mwroi
Morphology
Greek: adjective vocative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3474
Occurrences
3
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τυφλοί
Lemma
tufloi
Transliteration
tufloi
Morphology
Greek: adjective vocative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G5185
Occurrences
14
τίς
Lemma
tiv
Transliteration
tiv
Morphology
Greek: interrogative pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
interrogative pronoun
Strong's
G5101
Occurrences
391
γὰρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
μείζων
Lemma
meizwn
Transliteration
meizwn
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3173
Occurrences
29
ἐστίν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
χρυσός
Lemma
crusov
Transliteration
crusov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5557
Occurrences
2
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G2228
Occurrences
1450
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
ναὸς
Lemma
naov
Transliteration
naov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3485
Occurrences
10
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
ἁγιάζων
Lemma
agiazwn
Transliteration
agiazwn
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G37
Occurrences
2
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
χρυσόν
Lemma
cruson
Transliteration
cruson
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5557
Occurrences
4
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.

μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοί, τίς γὰρ μείζων ἐστίν, ὁ χρυσὸς ἢ ὁ ναὸς ὁ ἁγιάσας τὸν χρυσόν;

16 word entries
μωροὶ
Morphology
A-VPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3474
Occurrences
12
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τυφλοί,
Morphology
A-VPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G5185
Occurrences
50
τίς
Lemma
τίς
Morphology
I-NSM
Part of Speech
I
Strong's
G5101
Occurrences
533
γὰρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
μείζων
Morphology
A-NSM-C
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3173
Occurrences
244
ἐστίν,
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
χρυσὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5557
Occurrences
12
Lemma
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G2228
Occurrences
346
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ναὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3485
Occurrences
45
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἁγιάσας
Morphology
V-AAP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0037
Occurrences
28
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
χρυσόν;
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5557
Occurrences
12
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.

ܣܟܠܐ ܘܣܡܝܐ ܡܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܪܒ ܕܗܒܐ ܐܘ ܗܝܟܠܐ ܕܗܘ ܡܩܕܫ ܠܗ ܠܕܗܒܐ

12 word entries
ܣܟܠܐ
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.
Transliteration
skl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
8
ܘܣܡܝܐ
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.
Transliteration
wsmy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
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
ܓܝܪ
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
ܓܝܪ
Transliteration
gyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1085
ܪܒ
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
ܪܒ
Transliteration
rb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
66
ܕܗܒܐ
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.
Transliteration
dhb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
9
ܐܘ
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
ܐܘ
Transliteration
'w
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
312
ܗܝܟܠܐ
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.
Transliteration
hykl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
33
ܕܗܘ
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
ܕܗܘ
Transliteration
dhw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
90
ܡܩܕܫ
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.
Transliteration
mqdsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
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
ܠܕܗܒܐ
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.
Transliteration
ldhb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
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.

Stulti et cæci: quid enim majus est? aurum, an templum, quod sanctificat aurum?

13 word entries
stulti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
stultus
Transliteration
stulti
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
129
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
caeci
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caecus
Transliteration
caeci
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
79
quid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quid
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
maius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
magnus
Transliteration
maius
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1017
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
aurum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aurum
Transliteration
aurum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
314
an
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
an
Transliteration
an
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
119
templum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
templum
Transliteration
templum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
406
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
sanctificat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sanctificat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
242
aurum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aurum
Transliteration
aurum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
314

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.

Matthew 23:19

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

5 relevance votes

Psalms 94:8

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

2 relevance votes
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