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Matthew 23:31 Interlinear

“Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves that the children ye are of them which killed the prophets”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ὥστε	G5620	Wherefore	so too, i.e., thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow)
2	μαρτυρεῖτε	G3140	ye be witnesses	to be a witness, i.e., testify (literally or figuratively)
3	ἑαυτοῖς	G1438	unto yourselves	(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc
4	ὅτι	G3754	that	demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
5	υἱοί	G5207	the children	a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
6	ἐστε	G2075	ye are	ye are
7	τῶν	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
8	φονευσάντων	G5407	of them which killed	to be a murderer (of)
9	τοὺς	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
10	προφήτας	G4396	the prophets	a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet

Matthew 23:31 (current)Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves that the children ye are of them which killed the prophets