Matthew

Matthew 18:3

³“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Truly	Ἀμὴν	Amēn	Hebrew Word	G281 verily, truly, amen, so let it be
I tell	λέγω	legō	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G3004 I say, speak
you	ὑμῖν	hymin	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
He said	εἶπεν	eipen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
unless	ἐὰν	ean	Conjunction	G1437 if
you change	στραφῆτε	straphēte	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Plural	G4762 I turn, am converted, change
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
become	γένησθε	genēsthe	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 2nd Person Plural	G1096 I come into being, am born
like	ὡς	hōs	Adverb	G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
little children	παιδία	paidia	Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural	G3813 a little child, an infant
you will never enter	εἰσέλθητε	eiselthēte	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural	G1525 I go in, come in, enter
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
kingdom	βασιλείαν	basileian	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G932 kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, kingdom
of	τῶν	tōn	Article - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3588 the
heaven	οὐρανῶν	ouranōn	Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3772 the sky, the heaven

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.