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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading

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Luke 11:33-36

Greek

Orthodox Reading

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Greek⸀Οὐδεὶς λύχνον ἅψας εἰς κρύπτην τίθησιν οὐδὲ ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν, ἵνα οἱ εἰσπορευόμενοι τὸ ⸀φέγγος βλέπωσιν.

Orthodox Reading«No one, having litⓘ a lampⓘ, places it in a hidden placeⓘ or under the bushelⓘ, but on the lampstandⓘ, so that those who enter may see the light.

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Greekὁ λύχνος τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν ὁ ὀφθαλμός ⸀σου. ⸀ὅταν ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς ᾖ, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου φωτεινόν ἐστιν· ἐπὰν δὲ πονηρὸς ᾖ, καὶ τὸ σῶμά σου σκοτεινόν.

Orthodox ReadingThe lamp of the body is the eyeⓘ: when your eye is the good eye (ayin tovah) good eyeⓘ, your whole body is full of light; but when it is the evil eye (ayin ra'ah) evil eyeⓘ, your body too is full of darkness.

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Greekσκόπει οὖν μὴ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ σκότος ἐστίν.

Orthodox ReadingTake heed thereforeⓘ that the light that is in youⓘ be not darknessⓘ.

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Greekεἰ οὖν τὸ σῶμά σου ὅλον φωτεινόν, μὴ ἔχον ⸂μέρος τι⸃ σκοτεινόν, ἔσται φωτεινὸν ὅλον ὡς ὅταν ὁ λύχνος τῇ ἀστραπῇ φωτίζῃ σε.

Orthodox ReadingIf therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly luminous, as when the lamp illumines you with its flashⓘ».