Luke 16
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Ἔλεγεν δὲ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητάς ἄνθρωπός τις ἦν πλούσιος ὃς εἶχεν οἰκονόμον καὶ οὗτος διεβλήθη αὐτῷ ὡς διασκορπίζων τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ
to say · but · and · to · the · disciple · human being · a certain · to be · wealthy · who · to have · steward · and · this · to slander · he · as · to scatter · the · to be at hand · he
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καὶ φωνήσας αὐτὸν εἶπεν αὐτῷ τί τοῦτο ἀκούω περὶ σοῦ ἀπόδος τὸν λόγον τῆς οἰκονομίας σου οὐ γὰρ δύνῃ ἔτι οἰκονομεῖν
and · to sound · he · to say · he · who · this · to hear · about · you · to sell · the · word · the · management · you · not · for · to be able · still · to manage
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εἶπεν δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὁ οἰκονόμος τί ποιήσω ὅτι ὁ κύριός μου ἀφαιρεῖται τὴν οἰκονομίαν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ σκάπτειν οὐκ ἰσχύω ἐπαιτεῖν αἰσχύνομαι
to say · but · in · himself · the · steward · who · to make · that · the · Lord · I · to take away · the · management · from · I · to dig · not · to be strong · to ask repeatedly · to shame
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ἔγνων τί ποιήσω ἵνα ὅταν μετασταθῶ ἐκ τῆς οἰκονομίας δέξωνταί με εἰς τοὺς οἴκους ἑαυτῶν
to know · who · to make · that · when · to transfer · from · the · management · to receive · I · into · the · house · himself
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καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν χρεοφειλετῶν τοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοῦ ἔλεγεν τῷ πρώτῳ πόσον ὀφείλεις τῷ κυρίῳ μου
and · to call to · one · each · the · debtor · the · Lord · himself · to say · the · first · how much · to owe · the · Lord · I
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ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ἑκατὸν βάτους ἐλαίου ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ δέξαι σου τὰ γράμματα καὶ καθίσας ταχέως γράψον πεντήκοντα
the · but · to say · hundred · bath · olive oil · the · but · to say · he · to receive · you · the · letter · and · to settle · quickly · to write · fifty
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ἔπειτα ἑτέρῳ εἶπεν σὺ δὲ πόσον ὀφείλεις ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ἑκατὸν κόρους σίτου λέγει αὐτῷ δέξαι σου τὰ γράμματα καὶ γράψον ὀγδοήκοντα
thereafter · another · to say · you · but · how much · to owe · the · but · to say · hundred · cor · wheat · to say · he · to receive · you · the · letter · and · to write · eighty
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καὶ ἐπῄνεσεν ὁ κύριος τὸν οἰκονόμον τῆς ἀδικίας ὅτι φρονίμως ἐποίησεν ὅτι οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου φρονιμώτεροι ὑπὲρ τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ φωτὸς εἰς τὴν γενεὰν τὴν ἑαυτῶν εἰσίν
and · to approve · the · Lord · the · steward · the · injustice · that · wisely · to make · that · the · son · the · age · this · wise · over · the · son · the · light · into · the · generation · the · himself · to be
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καὶ ἐγὼ ὑμῖν λέγω ἑαυτοῖς ποιήσατε φίλους ἐκ τοῦ μαμωνᾶ τῆς ἀδικίας ἵνα ὅταν ἐκλίπῃ δέξωνται ὑμᾶς εἰς τὰς αἰωνίους σκηνάς
and · I · you · to say · himself · to make · friend · from · the · mammon · the · injustice · that · when · to fail · to receive · you · into · the · eternal · tabernacle
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ὁ πιστὸς ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ καὶ ἐν πολλῷ πιστός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ ἄδικος καὶ ἐν πολλῷ ἄδικός ἐστιν
the · faithful · in · least · and · in · many · faithful · to be · and · the · in · least · unjust · and · in · many · unjust · to be
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εἰ οὖν ἐν τῷ ἀδίκῳ μαμωνᾷ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε τὸ ἀληθινὸν τίς ὑμῖν πιστεύσει
if · therefore · in · the · unjust · mammon · faithful · not · to become · the · genuine · who · you · to believe
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καὶ εἰ ἐν τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε τὸ ὑμέτερον τίς δώσει ὑμῖν
and · if · in · the · foreign · faithful · not · to become · the · your · who · to give · you
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οὐδεὶς οἰκέτης δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν ἢ γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει οὐ δύνασθε θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ
nothing · household member · to be able · two · Lord · to serve · or · for · the · one · to hate · and · the · another · to love · or · one · to withstand · and · the · another · to despise · not · to be able · God · to serve · and · mammon
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Ἤκουον δὲ ταῦτα πάντα οἱ Φαρισαῖοι φιλάργυροι ὑπάρχοντες καὶ ἐξεμυκτήριζον αὐτόν
to hear · but · this · all · the · Pharisee · money-loving · to be at hand · and · to scoff at · he
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καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ δικαιοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὁ δὲ θεὸς γινώσκει τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ὅτι τὸ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὑψηλὸν βδέλυγμα ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ
and · to say · he · you · to be · the · to justify · himself · before · the · human being · the · but · God · to know · the · heart · you · that · the · in · human being · high · abomination · before · the · God
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ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται μέχρι Ἰωάννου ἀπὸ τότε ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ εὐαγγελίζεται καὶ πᾶς εἰς αὐτὴν βιάζεται
the · law · and · the · prophet · as far as · John · from · then · the · kingdom · the · God · to evangelize · and · all · into · he · to use force
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εὐκοπώτερον δέ ἐστιν τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν παρελθεῖν ἢ τοῦ νόμου μίαν κεραίαν πεσεῖν
easy · but · to be · the · heaven · and · the · earth · to pass by · or · the · law · one · little horn · to fall
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πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ γαμῶν ἑτέραν μοιχεύει καὶ ὁ ἀπολελυμένην ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς γαμῶν μοιχεύει
all · the · to release · the · woman · he · and · to marry off · another · to commit adultery · and · the · to release · from · man · to marry off · to commit adultery
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Ἄνθρωπος δέ τις ἦν πλούσιος καὶ ἐνεδιδύσκετο πορφύραν καὶ βύσσον εὐφραινόμενος καθ’ ἡμέραν λαμπρῶς
human being · but · a certain · to be · wealthy · and · to clothe · purple · and · byssus · to gladden · down · day · splendidly
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πτωχὸς δέ τις ὀνόματι Λάζαρος ἐβέβλητο πρὸς τὸν πυλῶνα αὐτοῦ εἱλκωμένος
poor · but · a certain · name · Lazarus · to throw · to · the · porch · he · to ulcerate
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καὶ ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ κύνες ἐρχόμενοι ἐπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ
and · to desire · to feed · from · the · to fall · from · the · table · the · wealthy · but · and · the · dog · to come · to lick off · the · wound · he
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ἐγένετο δὲ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν πτωχὸν καὶ ἀπενεχθῆναι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἰς τὸν κόλπον Ἀβραάμ ἀπέθανεν δὲ καὶ ὁ πλούσιος καὶ ἐτάφη
to become · but · to die · the · poor · and · to carry away · he · under · the · angel · into · the · bosom · Abraham · to die · but · and · the · wealthy · and · to bury
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καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις ὁρᾷ Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ
and · in · the · hell · to lift up · the · eye · he · to be at hand · in · touchstone · to see · Abraham · from · afar · and · Lazarus · in · the · bosom · he
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καὶ αὐτὸς φωνήσας εἶπεν πάτερ Ἀβραάμ ἐλέησόν με καὶ πέμψον Λάζαρον ἵνα βάψῃ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ δακτύλου αὐτοῦ ὕδατος καὶ καταψύξῃ τὴν γλῶσσάν μου ὅτι ὀδυνῶμαι ἐν τῇ φλογὶ ταύτῃ
and · he · to sound · to say · father · Abraham · to have mercy · I · and · to send · Lazarus · that · to dip · the · end · the · finger · he · water · and · to cool · the · tongue · I · that · to torment · in · the · flame · this
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εἶπεν δὲ Ἀβραάμ τέκνον μνήσθητι ὅτι ἀπέλαβες τὰ ἀγαθά σου ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου καὶ Λάζαρος ὁμοίως τὰ κακά νῦν δὲ ὧδε παρακαλεῖται σὺ δὲ ὀδυνᾶσαι
to say · but · Abraham · child · to remind · that · to receive · the · good · you · in · the · life · you · and · Lazarus · likewise · the · evil · now · but · here · to call beside · you · but · to torment
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καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις μεταξὺ ἡμῶν καὶ ὑμῶν χάσμα μέγα ἐστήρικται ὅπως οἱ θέλοντες διαβῆναι ἔνθεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς μὴ δύνωνται μηδὲ οἱ ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς διαπερῶσιν
and · in · all · this · between · we · and · you · chasm · great · to establish · how · the · to will · to pass through · here · to · you · not · to be able · and not · the · thence · to · we · to cross over
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εἶπεν δέ ἐρωτῶ οὖν σε πάτερ ἵνα πέμψῃς αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου
to say · but · to ask · therefore · you · father · that · to send · he · into · the · house · the · father · I
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ἔχω γὰρ πέντε ἀδελφούς ὅπως διαμαρτύρηται αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔλθωσιν εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον τῆς βασάνου
to have · for · five · brother · how · to testify · he · that · not · and · he · to come · into · the · place · this · the · touchstone
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λέγει δὲ αὐτῷ Ἀβραάμ ἔχουσι Μωϋσέα καὶ τοὺς προφήτας ἀκουσάτωσαν αὐτῶν
to say · but · he · Abraham · to have · Moses · and · the · prophet · to hear · he
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ὁ δὲ εἶπεν οὐχί πάτερ Ἀβραάμ ἀλλ’ ἐάν τις ἀπὸ νεκρῶν πορευθῇ πρὸς αὐτούς μετανοήσουσιν
the · but · to say · not at all · father · Abraham · but · if · a certain · from · dead · to go · to · he · to repent
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εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ εἰ Μωϋσέως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν οὐκ ἀκούουσιν οὐδὲ ἐάν τις ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ πεισθήσονται
to say · but · he · if · Moses · and · the · prophet · not · to hear · neither · if · a certain · from · dead · to raise · to persuade
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- 597 Greek words
- 219 Distinct lemmas
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