Matthew
Matthew 22:12–13
12‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’
But the man was speechless.
13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Matthew 22:12
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friend | Ἑταῖρε | Hetaire | Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular | G2083 a companion, comrade |
| he asked | λέγει | legei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| how | πῶς | pōs | Adverb | G4459 how, in what manner |
| did you get in | εἰσῆλθες | eisēlthes | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G1525 I go in, come in, enter |
| here | ὧδε | hōde | Adverb | G5602 here |
| without | ἔχων | echōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| wedding | γάμου | gamou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G1062 a marriage, wedding, wedding-feast |
| clothes | ἔνδυμα | endyma | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G1742 a garment, raiment |
| But | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| was speechless | ἐφιμώθη | ephimōthē | Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G5392 I muzzle, silence |
Matthew 22:13
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then | Τότε | Tote | Adverb | G5119 then |
| the | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| king | βασιλεὺς | basileus | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G935 a king, ruler, emperor |
| told | εἶπεν | eipen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| the | τοῖς | tois | Article - Dative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| servants | διακόνοις | diakonois | Noun - Dative Masculine Plural | G1249 a waiter, servant, administrator |
| Tie | Δήσαντες | Dēsantes | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G1210 I bind |
| him | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| hand | χεῖρας | cheiras | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G5495 a hand |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| foot | πόδας | podas | Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G4228 the foot |
| throw him | ἐκβάλετε | ekbalete | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1544 I throw, cast, put out, banish, bring forth, produce |
| into | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| the | τὸ | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| outer | ἐξώτερον | exōteron | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative | G1857 outmost, outer |
| darkness | σκότος | skotos | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G4655 darkness |
| there | ἐκεῖ | ekei | Adverb | G1563 there, yonder, thither |
| will be | ἔσται | estai | Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| weeping | κλαυθμὸς | klauthmos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2805 weeping, lamentation |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| gnashing | βρυγμὸς | brygmos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1030 a grinding or gnashing |
| of | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| teeth | ὀδόντων | odontōn | Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3599 a tooth |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 22:12 Job 5:16 · 1 Samuel 2:9 · Matthew 20:13 · Acts 5:2–11 · Jeremiah 2:23 · Matthew 26:50 · Psalm 107:42 · Titus 3:11 · Jeremiah 2:26 · Acts 8:20–23 · Romans 3:19 · Matthew 5:20
Matthew 22:13 Matthew 8:12 · Matthew 25:30 · 2 Peter 2:4 · Revelation 21:27 · 2 Peter 2:17 · Matthew 13:50 · Matthew 13:42 · 2 Thessalonians 1:9 · Jude 1:6 · Luke 13:28 · Matthew 24:51 · Acts 7:54
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.