| 11. Linguistic Exegesis The verse continues the parable’s sequence with kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ linking to the previous action. The verb prosetheto {προσέθετο | prosétheto} ‘he added, he did again’ is aorist middle indicative and introduces a new but related act, signaling persistence in the sending. The adjective heteron {ἕτερον | héteron} ‘another’ precedes the infinitive pempsai {πέμψαι | pémpsai} ‘to send,’ forming a complex object construction: he added to send another. The noun doulon {δοῦλον | doûlon} ‘servant’ completes the infinitival idea. The subject shifts with hoi de {οἱ δὲ | hoi dè}, literally ‘the ones but,’ a typical narrative device where the article functions substantively for ‘they,’ while de introduces a mild contrast. The object of their action is kakeinon {κἀκεῖνον | kakeinon} ‘that one also,’ a compound of kai and ekeinon that signals the repeated treatment of a further servant. The participles deirantes {δείραντες | deírantes} ‘having beaten’ and atimasantes {ἀτιμάσαντες | atimásantes} ‘having dishonored’ are aorist active nominative masculine plural, syntactically adverbial, describing prior or accompanying actions to the main verb. The narrative then returns to the main finite verb exapesteilan {ἐξαπέστειλαν | exapésteilan} ‘they sent away,’ with kenon {κενόν | kenón} ‘empty’ as an object complement indicating the resultant state in which the servant was dismissed. This participle-main verb sequence, capped by the adjective kenon, heightens the cumulative sense of violence and contempt followed by total deprivation. |