entos denotes what is within, whether the kingdom of God in a saying or the interior of a cup and plate.

The two occurrences point to what is within: Luke 17:21 places the kingdom of God “inside you,” while Matthew 23:26 contrasts the interior of the cup and plate with their outside.

1. Within a person or an object · dominant

   In Luke 17:21, the form is tagged as a preposition in the statement that the kingdom of God is “inside you.” In Matthew 23:26, tagged as an adverb, it identifies the interior of the cup and plate that must be cleaned before their outside becomes clean.

   Luke 17:21Matthew 23:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “inside you” in Luke 17:21 and “the inside of the cup and the plate” in Matthew 23:26. These phrases reflect the verses' interior relation.