Matthew 12:30

Jesus answers those who say he drives out demons by Beelzebul.

Greek

ὁhoμὴmayὢνohnμετ’metἐμοῦeh-MOOκατ’katἐμοῦeh-MOOἐστιν,ES-tinκαὶkaiὁhoμὴmayσυνάγωνsoo-NAH-gohnμετ’metἐμοῦeh-MOOσκορπίζει.skor-PEE-zay

Latin

Quīkweenōnnohnestestmēcum,MAY-kumcontrāKON-trahmēmayest;estetetquīkweenōnnohncongregatKON-greh-gatmēcum,MAY-kumspargit.SPAR-git

English

The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
ὁall forms, “the”	Quīfrom quī	ὁ: the. With a participle it means the one who. Latin uses quī, who.
μὴfrom μή, “not”	nōnall forms	μὴ: not. Greek has two words for not, and μή goes with participles. Latin: nōn.
ὢνfrom εἰμί, “to be”	estfrom sum	ὢν: being, the present participle of εἰμί, to be. Latin has no such participle, so it says est, is, from sum.
μετ’ ἐμοῦfrom μετά, “with; after”	mēcumall forms	μετ’ ἐμοῦ: with me. μετά, with, drops its last vowel before a vowel. ἐμοῦ is the genitive of ἐγώ, I. Latin joins them: mēcum.
κατ’ ἐμοῦfrom κατά, “against; according to”	contrā mēfrom contrā	κατ’ ἐμοῦ: against me. κατά with the genitive means against. Latin: contrā mē.
ἐστινfrom εἰμί, “to be”	estfrom sum	ἐστιν: is. Latin again: est.
καὶfrom καί, “and, also”	etall forms	καί: and. Latin: et.
ὁ μὴfrom ὁ, “the”	quī nōnfrom quī	ὁ μὴ: again, the one who does not. Latin: quī nōn.
συνάγωνfrom συνάγω, “to gather together”	congregatfrom congregō	συνάγων: gathering, the present participle of συνάγω, to gather together. Latin uses a plain verb: congregat, he gathers, from congregō.
μετ’ ἐμοῦfrom μετά, “with”	mēcumall forms	μετ’ ἐμοῦ, mēcum.
σκορπίζειfrom σκορπίζω, “to scatter”	spargitfrom spargō	σκορπίζει: he scatters, from σκορπίζω. Latin: spargit, from spargō.

New core words

Greek

μή not; lest εἰμί be, exist μετά with; after κατά down; against; according to συνάγω gather together

Latin

nōn not sum be, exist; (est) there is mēcum with me congregō gather together, assemble

Greek core words met14 / 345 Latin core words met15 / 345

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