OET interlinear MAT 15:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a basis for the claim that Jesus made in the previous verse about how what comes out of the heart defiles a person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a basis for a claim, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “That is because” or “I say that because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

τῆς καρδίας

the heart

The phrase the heart represents hearts in general, not one particular heart. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “people’s hearts”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τῆς καρδίας

the heart

See how you translated heart in 15:18. Alternate translation: “the mind” or “the thoughts”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐξέρχονται

/are/_coming_out

In a context such as this, your language might say “go” instead of come. Alternate translation: “go”

διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί, φόνοι, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, κλοπαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, βλασφημίαι

speculations evil murders adulteries sexual_immorality thefts false_witnesses slander

Each of the items in this list translates a plural term that refers to specific actions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that refers to specific actions. Alternate translation: “acts of evil thinking, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and blasphemy”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί, φόνοι, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, κλοπαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, βλασφημίαι

speculations evil murders adulteries sexual_immorality thefts false_witnesses slander

If your language does not use nouns for some or all of the ideas in this list, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “evil things that people do, including evil thinking, murdering, acting in adulterous and sexually immoral ways, stealing things, claiming that something false is true, and blaspheming”