Matthew 23:32

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Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.	Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.	[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Fill^G4137 ye^G5210 up^G4137 then^G2532 the measure^G3358 of your^G5216 fathers^G3962.

Original Greek

καὶ ὑμεῖς πληρώσατε τὸ μέτρον τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	then
ὑμεῖς	humeis	G5210	P-2NP	ye
πληρώσατε	plērōsate	G4137	V-AAM-2P	Fill up
τὸ	to	G3588	T-ASN	the
μέτρον	metron	G3358	N-ASN	measure
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPM	*
πατέρων	paterōn	G3962	N-GPM	fathers
ὑμῶν.	humōn	G5216	P-2GP	of your

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
G3358 — μέτρον (métron, met'-ron): a measure, measuring rod — an apparently primary word; a measure ("metre"), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree):-- measure.
G3962 — πατήρ (patḗr, pat-ayr'): father, Father, ancestor — apparently a primary word; a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote):--father, parent.
G4137 — πληρόω (plēróō, play-ro'-o): I fill, fulfill, complete — from πλήρης; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:--accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.
G5210 — ὑμεῖς (hymeîs, hoo-mice'): irregular plural of σύ; you (as subjective of verb):--ye (yourselves), you.
G5216 — ὑμῶν (hymōn, hoo-mone'): genitive case of ὑμεῖς; of (from or concerning) you:--ye, you, your (own, -selves).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

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Related Topics

Thompson Chain: EVIL FULNESS
Nave’s: CHURCH, ECCLESIASTICISM, HYPOCRISY, PHARISEES, RESPONSIBILITY, SATIRE, TEACHERS

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