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Luke 13:28

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

KJV

ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων, ὅταν ὄψεσθε Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακὼβ καὶ πάντας τοὺς προφήτας ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὑμᾶς δὲ ἐκβαλλομένους ἔξω.

Greek NT

Ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium : cum videritis Abraham, et Isaac, et Jacob, et omnes prophetas in regno Dei, vos autem expelli foras.

Vulgate

There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.

ASV

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth; when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God: and you yourselves thrust out.

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
βρυγμός
brugmos
noun · 7×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλαυθμός
klauthmos
noun · 9×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἐκβάλλω
ekballo
verb · 80×
ἐκεῖ
ekei
adverb · 94×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔξω
exo
adverb · 62×
Ἰακώβ
iakob
noun · 27×
Ἰσαάκ
isaak
noun · 20×
ὀδούς
odous
noun · 12×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ὄψησθε | WH/NIV/RP: ὄψησθε | Treg: ὄψεσθε
  • ὄψησθεSBLGNT
  • ὄψησθεWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ὄψεσθεTregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Vain attempts of Marcion and his followers, who exclude Abraham from the salvation bestowed by Christ, who liberated not only Abraham, but the seed of Abraham, by fulfilling and not destroying the law when He healed on the Sabbath day. 1. Vain, too, is [the effort of] Marcion and his followers when they [seek to] exclude Abraham from the inheritance, to whom the Spirit through …

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:54 — When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
  • Isa 65:14 — Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
  • Luke 10:15 — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
  • Matt 8:11 — And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 8:11 — And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 8:12 — But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 13:42 — And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 20:16 — So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
  • Matt 22:13 — Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 22:13 — Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 25:30 — And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 25:30 — And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Ps 112:10 — The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
  • Rev 21:8 — But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst