14 Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 9:14. 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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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Τότε προσέρχονται αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου, λέγοντες, Διὰ τί ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι νηστεύομεν πολλά, οἱ δὲ μαθηταί σου οὐ νηστεύουσι;
Τότε
προσέρχονται
- Lemma
- prosercontai
- Transliteration
- prosercontai
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4334
- Occurrences
- 2
αὐτῷ
οἱ
μαθηταὶ
Ἰωάννου
λέγοντες
Διὰ
τί
ἡμεῖς
καὶ
οἱ
Φαρισαῖοι
νηστεύομεν
- Lemma
- nhsteuomen
- Transliteration
- nhsteuomen
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present active indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G3522
- Occurrences
- 1
πολλά
οἱ
δὲ
μαθηταί
σου
οὐ
νηστεύουσι
- Lemma
- nhsteuousin
- Transliteration
- nhsteuousin
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present active indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G3522
- Occurrences
- 4
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Τότε προσέρχονται αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου λέγοντες· διατί ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι νηστεύομεν, οἱ δὲ μαθηταί σου οὐ νηστεύουσιν;
προσέρχονται
- Lemma
- προσέρχομαι
- Morphology
- V-PNI-3P
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G4334
- Occurrences
- 87
οἱ
καὶ
οἱ
οἱ
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.
ܗܝܕܝܢ ܩܪܒܘ ܠܗ ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ ܕܝܘܚܢܢ ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܠܡܢܐ ܚܢܢ ܘܦܪܝܫܐ ܨܝܡܝܢ ܚܢܢ ܣܓܝ ܘܬܠܡܝܕܝܟ ܠܐ ܨܝܡܝܢ
ܗܝܕܝܢ
- 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
- ܗܝܕܝܢ
- Transliteration
- hydyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 132
ܩܪܒܘ
- 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
- ܩܪܒܘ
- Transliteration
- qrbw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 28
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
ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- tlmydwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 109
ܕܝܘܚܢܢ
- 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
- ܕܝܘܚܢܢ
- Transliteration
- dywhnn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 32
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
ܠܡܢܐ
- 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
- ܠܡܢܐ
- Transliteration
- lmn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 45
ܚܢܢ
- 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
- ܚܢܢ
- Transliteration
- hnn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 184
ܘܦܪܝܫܐ
- 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
- ܘܦܪܝܫܐ
- Transliteration
- wprysh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 31
ܨܝܡܝܢ
- 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
- ܨܝܡܝܢ
- Transliteration
- symyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 10
ܚܢܢ
- 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
- ܚܢܢ
- Transliteration
- hnn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 184
ܣܓܝ
- 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
- ܣܓܝ
- Transliteration
- sgy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 56
ܘܬܠܡܝܕܝܟ
- 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
- ܘܬܠܡܝܕܝܟ
- Transliteration
- wtlmydyk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
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
ܨܝܡܝܢ
- 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
- ܨܝܡܝܢ
- Transliteration
- symyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 10
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Tunc accesserunt ad eum discipuli Joannis, dicentes: Quare nos, et pharisæi, jejunamus frequenter: discipuli autem tui non jejunant?
tunc
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tunc
- Transliteration
- tunc
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 409
accesserunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- accedo
- Transliteration
- accesserunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 225
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
eum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
discipuli
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- discipulus
- Transliteration
- discipuli
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 261
Iohannis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Ioannes
- Transliteration
- Iohannis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 149
dicentes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicentes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
quare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quare
- Transliteration
- quare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 224
nos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nos
- Transliteration
- nos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1585
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
Pharisaei
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Pharisaeus
- Transliteration
- Pharisaei
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 99
ieiunamus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ieiuno
- Transliteration
- ieiunamus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 39
frequenter
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- frequenter
- Transliteration
- frequenter
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 18
discipuli
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- discipulus
- Transliteration
- discipuli
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 261
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
tui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tuus
- Transliteration
- tui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5615
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
ieiunant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ieiuno
- Transliteration
- ieiunant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 39
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 6:16
“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
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Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
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Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
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Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
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Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
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