ειπεν verb - second aorist active indicative - third person singular
epo ep'-o: to speak or say (by word or writing) -- answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell.
δε conjunction
de deh: but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
προς preposition
pros pros: a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward
αυτους personal pronoun - accusative plural masculine
autos ow-tos': the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
την definite article - accusative singular feminine
ho ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
παραβολην noun - accusative singular feminine
parabole par-ab-ol-ay': a similitude (parable), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage -- comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
ταυτην demonstrative pronoun - accusative singular feminine
houtos hoo'-tos: the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated) -- he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who.
λεγων verb - present active passive - nominative singular masculine
lego leg'-o: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
