Matthew 19:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 19:14 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 →
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
G2424
Jesus
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
αὐτοῖς
autós
G846
he
ἄφετε
aphíēmi
G863
to send away
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
παιδία
paidíon
G3813
small child
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
κωλύετε
kōlýō
G2967
to hinder
αὐτὰ
autós
G846
he
ἐλθεῖν
érchomai
G2064
to come
πρός
prós
G4314
to
ἐμέ
egṓ
G1473
I
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
τοιούτων
toioûtos
G5108
such
ἐστὶν
eimí
G1510
to be
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
βασιλεία
basileía
G932
kingdom
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανῶν
ouranós
G3772
heaven
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid them to come to me; for to such belongs the Kingdom of Heaven."
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King James Version Public Domain
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But Jesus said, “Permit the little children, and do not forbid them to come to me, for of the ones such as these is the kingdom of the heavens.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).