Luke 20:28 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 20:28 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
λέγοντες
légō
G3004
to say
διδάσκαλε
didáskalos
G1320
teacher
Μωϋσῆς
Mōseús
G3475
Moses
ἔγραψεν
gráphō
G1125
to write
ἡμῖν
hēmeîs
G2249
we
ἐάν
eán
G1437
if
τινος
tìs
G5100
a certain
ἀδελφὸς
adelphós
G80
brother
ἀποθάνῃ
apothnḗskō
G599
to die
ἔχων
échō
G2192
to have
γυναῖκα
gynḗ
G1135
woman
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
οὗτος
hoûtos
G3778
this
ἄτεκνος
áteknos
G815
childless
ᾖ
eimí
G1510
to be
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
λάβῃ
lambánō
G2983
to take
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
ἀδελφὸς
adelphós
G80
brother
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
γυναῖκα
gynḗ
G1135
woman
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐξαναστήσῃ
exanístēmi
G1817
to rise up
σπέρμα
spérma
G4690
seed
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
ἀδελφῷ
adelphós
G80
brother
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
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World English Bible Public Domain
They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
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King James Version Public Domain
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, if someone’s brother dies, having a wife, and he is childless, that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed for his brother.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).