Matthew 12:4
KJV:
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
BSB:
He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
Greek:
πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγον, οὐκ ἐξὸν ἦν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν οὐδὲ τοῖς μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις;¶
Topics:
ACCUSATION, FALSECHURCHDAVIDECCLESIASTICISMFORMJESUS, THE CHRISTPHARISEESPRIESTSABBATHSHEWBREAD (SHOWBREAD)TRADITION

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Translation Greek Transliteration [morphology] Texts
how πῶς pōs PRT-I NKO
he entered εἰσῆλθεν eisēlthen V-2AAI-3S NKO
into εἰς eis PREP NKO
the τὸν ton T-ASM NKO
house οἶκον oikon N-ASM NKO
<the> τοῦ tou T-GSM NKO
of God θεοῦ theou N-GSM-T NKO
and καὶ kai CONJ NKO
the τοὺς tous T-APM NKO
loaves ἄρτους artous N-APM NKO
of the τῆς tēs T-GSF NKO
presentation προθέσεως protheseōs N-GSF NKO
they ate, 1 2 ἔφαγον, ephagon V-AAI-3P N(K)O
that which 3 ho R-ASN N(k)O
not οὐκ ouk PRT-N NKO
lawful ἐξὸν exon V-PAP-NSN NKO
it was ἦν ēn V-IAI-3S NKO
for him αὐτῷ autō P-DSM NKO
to eat φαγεῖν phagein V-AAN NKO
nor οὐδὲ oude CONJ-N NKO
for those τοῖς tois T-DPM NKO
with μετ᾽ met᾽ PREP NKO
him αὐτοῦ autou P-GSM NKO
only εἰ ei COND NKO
except μὴ PRT-N NKO
for the τοῖς tois T-DPM NKO
priests ἱερεῦσιν hi'ereusin N-DPM NKO
alone? μόνοις;¶ monois A-DPM NKO

Word Types and Editions

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  1. Variant: ἔφαγεν (ephagen) 'he ate' occurs in traditional manuscripts (Tyn+Treg+TR+Byz) instead of ἔφαγον, (ephagon) 'they ate,' in older manuscripts (NA28+NA27+SBL+WH) 

  2. he ate | ἔφαγεν | ephagen V-2AAI-3S | Tyn+Treg+TR+Byz 

  3. those which | οὓς | hous R-APM | TR+Byz