| 1. Morphological Analysis esan {ἦσαν | ē-san}: they were (verb • imperfect tense • active voice • indicative mood • third person plural) • de {δὲ | dè}: but (postpositive conjunction) • autō {αὐτῷ | au-tō}: to Him (personal pronoun • dative case • masculine singular) • engizontes {ἐγγίζοντες | en-gí-zon-tes}: drawing near (verb • present tense • active voice • participle • nominative case • masculine plural) • pantes {πάντες | pán-tes}: all (adjective • nominative case • masculine plural) • hoi {οἱ | hoî}: the (definite article • nominative case • masculine plural) • telonai {τελῶναι | te-lō-nai}: tax collectors (noun • nominative case • masculine plural) • kai {καὶ | kaì}: and (coordinating conjunction) • hoi {οἱ | hoî}: the (definite article • nominative case • masculine plural) • hamartoloi {ἁμαρτωλοὶ | ha-mar-tō-loi}: sinners (noun • nominative case • masculine plural) • akouein {ἀκούειν | a-kou-ein}: to hear (verb • present tense • active voice • infinitive) • autou {αὐτοῦ | au-tou}: Him (personal pronoun • genitive case • masculine singular) |