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Chapter 5
Verse 48
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Matthew 5

World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 48

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48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 5:48. 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 46
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.

Ἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι, ὥσπερ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τέλειός ἐστι.

14 word entries
Ἔσεσθε
Lemma
esesqe
Transliteration
esesqe
Morphology
Greek: verb future middle deponent indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
10
οὖν
Lemma
oun
Transliteration
oun
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3767
Occurrences
529
ὑμεῖς
Lemma
umeiv
Transliteration
umeiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
242
τέλειοι
Lemma
teleioi
Transliteration
teleioi
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G5046
Occurrences
5
ὥσπερ
Lemma
wsper
Transliteration
wsper
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G5618
Occurrences
42
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
πατὴρ
Lemma
pathr
Transliteration
pathr
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
111
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
τοῖς
Lemma
toiv
Transliteration
toiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
636
οὐρανοῖς
Transliteration
ouranoiv
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
40
τέλειός
Lemma
teleiov
Transliteration
teleiov
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G5046
Occurrences
3
ἐστι
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
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.

ἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι ὡς ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τέλειός ἐστιν.

12 word entries
ἔσεσθε
Morphology
V-FDI-2P
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
οὖν
Lemma
οὖν
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3767
Occurrences
489
ὑμεῖς
Morphology
P-2NP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
τέλειοι
Morphology
A-NPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G5046
Occurrences
19
ὡς
Lemma
ὡς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
501
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πατὴρ
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
412
ὑμῶν
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
οὐράνιος
Morphology
A-NSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3770
Occurrences
9
τέλειός
Morphology
A-NSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G5046
Occurrences
19
ἐστιν.
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
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.

ܗܘܘ ܗܟܝܠ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܓܡܝܪܐ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܐܒܘܟܘܢ ܕܒܫܡܝܐ ܓܡܝܪ ܗܘ

9 word entries
ܗܘܘ
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
ܗܘܘ
Transliteration
hww
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
815
ܗܟܝܠ
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
hkyl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
250
ܐܢܬܘܢ
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
'ntwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
780
ܓܡܝܪܐ
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
gmyr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
7
ܐܝܟܢܐ
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
'ykn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
261
ܕܐܒܘܟܘܢ
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
d'bwkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
5
ܕܒܫܡܝܐ
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
dbshmy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
41
ܓܡܝܪ
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
gmyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܗܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
1648
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.

Estote ergo vos perfecti, sicut et Pater vester cælestis perfectus est.

11 word entries
estote
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
estote
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ergo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ergo
Transliteration
ergo
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1237
vos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
perfecti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
perfecti
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
73
sicut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sicut
Transliteration
sicut
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1559
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
Pater
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
Pater
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
vester
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vester
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
caelestis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
caelestis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
30
perfectus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
perfectus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
73
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614

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