| 26. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with lego hymin {λέγω ὑμῖν | légō hū-mîn} ‘I say to you,’ a direct address that introduces a person-to-person declaration. The conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} marks the content clause expressing the principle. In the dative phrase panti tō echonti {παντὶ τῷ ἔχοντι | pan-tí tô é-khon-ti}, the article plus present participle forms a generic category “to everyone who has,” functioning as a dative of advantage. The verb dothesetai {δοθήσεται | do-thḗ-se-tai} is a future passive, indicating that something will be granted, often understood as having an implied divine agent. The adversative construction apo de tou mē echontos {ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ μὴ ἔχοντος | a-pó dé toû mḕ é-khon-tos} contrasts “from the one who does not have” by using apo with the genitive, denoting source. The coordinating kai {καὶ | kaí} links this with the relative clause ho ekhei arthēsetai {ὃ ἔχει ἀρθήσεται | hó é-khei ar-thḗ-se-tai}, where ekhei serves as the antecedent of the relative pronoun ho, and arthēsetai mirrors dothesetai in form and function to express the divinely governed removal. This balanced structure sets up a proverbial contrast between enrichment and deprivation based on existing possession. |