Matthew 18:4

Therefore, whoever humbles himself [bows down and takes a lower position] like this little child is the greatest (literally: the greater) in the kingdom of heaven (in the kingdom of the heavens). [A little child is completely dependent on its parents for its survival. Great in the kingdom of God is the one who humbles himself before God and puts his trust in him.]

The greek text BETA

Nestle-Aland (NA)

ὅστις   οὖν   ταπεινώσει   ἑαυτὸν   ὡς   τὸ   παιδίον   τοῦτο,   οὗτός   ἐστιν   ὁ   μείζων   ἐν   τῇ   βασιλείᾳ   τῶν   οὐρανῶν.  

Textus Receptus (TR)

ὅστις   οὖν   ταπεινώσει   ἑαυτὸν   ὡς   τὸ   παιδίον   τοῦτο,   οὗτός   ἐστιν   ὁ   μείζων   ἐν   τῇ   βασιλείᾳ   τῶν   οὐρανῶν.  

Manuscript comments

TR has 16 Words, NA has 17 (+1).



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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G3748
ὅστις (ostis)
Whoever
Relative pron. Relative pronoun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
R-NSM
G3767
οὖν (oyn)
therefore
Conj. Conjunktion
CONJ
G5013
ταπεινώσει (tapeinosei)
will humble
VERB Verb
fut. active ind. future active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-FAI-3S
G1438
ἑαυτὸν (eayton)
himself
Reflexive pron. Reflexive pronoun
acc. sing. ♂ third person accusative singular masculine
F-3ASM
G5613
ὡς (os)
as
Conj. Conjunktion
CONJ
G3588
τὸ (to)
Definite article Definite article
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
T-NSN
G3813
παιδίον (paidion)
little child
Noun Noun
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
N-NSN
G3778
τοῦτο, (toyto,)
this,
Demonstrative pron. Demonstrative pronoun
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
D-NSN
G3778
οὗτός (oytos)
he
Demonstrative pron. Demonstrative pronoun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
D-NSM
G1510
ἐστιν (estin)
is
VERB Verb
pres. active ind. present active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-PAI-3S
G3588
ὁ (o)
the
Definite article Definite article
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
T-NSM
G3173
μείζων (meizon)
greater
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
Comparative Comparative
A-NSM-C
G1722
ἐν (en)
in
Preposition Preposition
PREP
G3588
τῇ (te)
the
Definite article Definite article
dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine
T-DSF
G0932
βασιλείᾳ (basileia)
kingdom
Noun Noun
dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine
N-DSF
G3588
τῶν (ton)
of the
Definite article Definite article
gen. pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine
T-GPM
G3772
οὐρανῶν. (oyranon.)
heavens.
Noun Noun
gen. pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine
N-GPM

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