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Luke 14:5

And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

KJV

καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν· τίνος ὑμῶν υἱὸς ἢ βοῦς εἰς φρέαρ πεσεῖται, καὶ οὐκ εὐθέως ἀνασπάσει αὐτὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου;

Greek NT

Et respondens ad illos dixit : Cujus vestrum asinus, aut bos in puteum cadet, et non continuo extrahet illum die sabbati ?

Vulgate

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?

ASV

And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βοῦς
bous
noun · 8×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὐθέως
eutheos
adverb · 85×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
φρέαρ
phrear
noun · 7×
ἀνασπάω
anaspao
verb · 2×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: + ἀποκριθεὶς
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἀποκριθεὶςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: πεσεῖται | WH/Treg/NIV: πεσεῖται | RP: ἐμπεσεῖται
  • πεσεῖταιSBLGNT
  • πεσεῖταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐμπεσεῖταιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἐν | WH/NIV: ἐν | RP: ἐν τῇ | Treg: τῇ
  • ἐνSBLGNT
  • ἐνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐν τῇRobinson-Pierpont
  • τῇTregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Exod 23:4 — If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
  • Luke 13:15 — The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
  • Luke 13:15 — The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
  • Matt 12:11 — And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
  • Matt 12:11 — And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?