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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vos_fw-fr me_fw-it vocantes_fw-la dicitis_fw-la magister_fw-la aâ—_n domine_fw-la &_o bene_fw-la dicitis_fw-la sum_fw-la enâ—m_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d per_fw-la enallagen_fw-ge as_o mark_v 15.34_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la ponitur_fw-la mat._n 27.46_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o be_v put_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o grammarian_n speak_v the_o nominative_a for_o the_o vocative_n case_n well_fw-mi est_fw-la mutata_fw-la forma_fw-la orationis_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicatur_fw-la vos_fw-la compellando_fw-la i_o utimur_fw-la he_o vocibus_fw-la magister_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la unless_o we_o read_v it_o with_o epiphanius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o erasmus_n translate_v it_o magistrum_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la for_o say_v he_o it_o be_v not_o usual_a nor_o proper_a to_o call_v any_o thus_o unless_o he_o be_v present_a and_o they_o speak_v to_o he_o but_o now_o christ_n disciple_n do_v call_v he_o so_o when_o he_o be_v absent_a 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