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ButδὲwhatΤίdo youὑμῖνthink?δοκεῖA manἄνθρωποςhadεἶχενtwoδύοchildren.τέκναHecameπροσελθὼνto the firstτῷ πρώτῳand said,εἶπεν‘Child,Τέκνονgo,ὕπαγεworkἐργάζουtodayσήμερονinἐνthe vineyard.’τῷ ἀμπελῶνι
Matthew 21:28
Study it in the app“But what do you think? A man had two children. He came to the first and said, ‘Child, go, work today in the vineyard.’”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 21:28, word by word
- thinkδοκεῖdokei
think
To hold something as true in one's mind, rightly or not.
Where else “dokei” appears- A manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- hadεἶχενeichen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “eichen” appears- twoδύοdyo
two
Two.
Where else “dyo” appears- childrenτέκναtekna
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appears- cameπροσελθὼνproselthōn
come near
To come up close to someone, go toward them.
Where else “proselthōn” appears- to the firstπρώτῳprōtōi
first
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōtōi” appears- and saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- goὕπαγεhypage
go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “hypage” appears- workἐργάζουergazou
work
To ply a trade with effort to support oneself.
Where else “ergazou” appears- todayσήμερονsēmeron
today
Today.
Where else “sēmeron” appears- the vineyard.’ἀμπελῶνιampelōni
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “ampelōni” appears
The context
27And they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
28 · This verse (above)
29And he answered and said, ‘I do not want to.’ But later he regretted it and went.
To study Matthew 21 in a group
1. What it says
What did the crowd shout when Jesus entered Jerusalem (vv. 8–9)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus drive out those buying and selling in the temple, quoting “My house will be called a house of prayer” (vv. 12–13)?
3. How I live it
Jesus said whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive (v. 22). What would you like to ask for today with trust?