20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 5:20. 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.
Λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ περισσεύσῃ ἡ δικαιοσύνη ὑμῶν πλεῖον τῶν γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.
Λέγω
γὰρ
ὑμῖν
ὅτι
ἐὰν
μὴ
περισσεύσῃ
- Lemma
- perisseush
- Transliteration
- perisseush
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist active subjunctive singular
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4052
- Occurrences
- 2
ἡ
δικαιοσύνη
- Lemma
- dikaiosunh
- Transliteration
- dikaiosunh
- Morphology
- Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G1343
- Occurrences
- 27
ὑμῶν
πλεῖον
τῶν
γραμματέων
- Lemma
- grammatewn
- Transliteration
- grammatewn
- Morphology
- Greek: noun genitive plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G1122
- Occurrences
- 16
καὶ
Φαρισαίων
οὐ
μὴ
εἰσέλθητε
εἰς
τὴν
βασιλείαν
τῶν
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ περισσεύσῃ ὑμῶν ἡ δικαιοσύνη πλεῖον τῶν γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.
ἡ
δικαιοσύνη
- Lemma
- δικαιοσύνη
- Morphology
- N-NSF
- Part of Speech
- N
- Strong's
- G1343
- Occurrences
- 92
τῶν
γραμματέων
- Lemma
- γραμματεύς
- Morphology
- N-GPM
- Part of Speech
- N
- Strong's
- G1122
- Occurrences
- 63
καὶ
εἰσέλθητε
- Lemma
- εἰσέρχομαι
- Morphology
- V-2AAS-2P
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1525
- Occurrences
- 195
τὴν
τῶν
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.
ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܓܝܪ ܕܐܠܐ ܬܐܬܪ ܟܐܢܘܬܟܘܢ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܢ ܕܣܦܪܐ ܘܦܪܝܫܐ ܠܐ ܬܥܠܘܢ ܠܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ
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
ܐܢܐ
- 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
- ܐܢܐ
- Transliteration
- ena
- Morphology
- personal pronoun, first common singular
- Gloss
- I
- Occurrences
- 1361
ܠܟܘܢ
- 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
- ܠܟܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lkwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 676
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
ܕܐܠܐ
- 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
- ܕܐܠܐ
- Transliteration
- d'l'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܬܐܬܪ
- 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
- ܬܐܬܪ
- Transliteration
- t'tr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2
ܟܐܢܘܬܟܘܢ
- 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
- ܟܐܢܘܬܟܘܢ
- Transliteration
- k'nwtkwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 1
ܝܬܝܪ
- 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
- ܝܬܝܪ
- Transliteration
- ytyr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 53
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
ܕܣܦܪܐ
- 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
- ܕܣܦܪܐ
- Transliteration
- dspr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
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
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
ܬܥܠܘܢ
- 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
- ܬܥܠܘܢ
- Transliteration
- t'lwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 8
ܠܡܠܟܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܠܡܠܟܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- lmlkwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 14
ܕܫܡܝܐ
- 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
- ܕܫܡܝܐ
- Transliteration
- dshmy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 58
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Dico enim vobis, quia nisi abundaverit justitia vestra plus quam scribarum et pharisæorum, non intrabitis in regnum cælorum.
dico
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dico
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
vobis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uos
- Transliteration
- vobis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 2958
quia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quia
- Transliteration
- quia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2543
nisi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nisi
- Transliteration
- nisi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 265
abundaverit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- abundo
- Transliteration
- abundaverit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 66
iustitia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iustitia
- Transliteration
- iustitia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 380
vestra
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uester
- Transliteration
- vestra
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1504
plus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- multus
- Transliteration
- plus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 1032
quam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quam
- Transliteration
- quam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 426
scribarum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- scriba
- Transliteration
- scribarum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 121
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
Pharisaeorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Pharisaeus
- Transliteration
- Pharisaeorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 99
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
intrabitis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- intro
- Transliteration
- intrabitis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 235
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
regnum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- regnum
- Transliteration
- regnum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 499
caelorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- caelum
- Transliteration
- caelorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Gloss
- heaven
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- heaven, sky
- Etymology
- Latin noun for heaven or sky; often normalized as caelum.
- Occurrences
- 740
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