KJV: But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
YLT: 'And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,
Darby: But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;
ASV: But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
Ὑμῶν | Of you |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Plural Root: σύ Sense: you. |
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δὲ | however |
Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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μακάριοι | blessed |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: μακάριος Sense: blessed, happy. |
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οἱ | [are] the |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ὀφθαλμοὶ | eyes |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὀφθαλμός Sense: the eye. |
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ὅτι | because |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ὅτι Sense: that, because, since. |
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βλέπουσιν | they see |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: βλέπω Sense: to see, discern, of the bodily eye. |
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ὦτα | ears |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Plural Root: οὖς Sense: the ear. |
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ἀκούουσιν | they hear |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
Greek Commentary for Matthew 13:16
A beatitude for the disciples in contrast with the Pharisees. Note position of “Happy” here also as in the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. [source]