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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
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Orthodox Reading
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GreekἘν οἷς ἐπισυναχθεισῶν τῶν μυριάδων τοῦ ὄχλου, ὥστε καταπατεῖν ἀλλήλους, ἤρξατο λέγειν πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ πρῶτον· Προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης, ⸂ἥτις ἐστὶν ὑπόκρισις, τῶν Φαρισαίων⸃.
Orthodox ReadingMeanwhile, when thousands of the crowdⓘ had gathered so as to trample one another, he began to say first of all to his disciples disciplesⓘ: «Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees (perushim), the observant Phariseesⓘ — that which is hypocrisyⓘ —: the leaven that, in the tradition, figures the yetzer ha-ra', the inclination to evil that ferments hidden in the heart, the theatrical mask (hypó-krisis= to act beneath a mask) that separates word and heart.
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Greekοὐδὲν δὲ συγκεκαλυμμένον ἐστὶν ὃ οὐκ ἀποκαλυφθήσεται, καὶ κρυπτὸν ὃ οὐ γνωσθήσεται.
Orthodox ReadingNothing is coveredⓘ without being unveiled, nothing remains hiddenⓘ without becoming known: the eschatological principle of transparency on the day of judgment (yom ha-din) yom ha-dinⓘ.
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Greekἀνθ’ ὧν ὅσα ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτὶ ἀκουσθήσεται, καὶ ὃ πρὸς τὸ οὖς ἐλαλήσατε ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις κηρυχθήσεται ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων.
Orthodox ReadingTherefore what you have said in the darknessⓘ will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner roomsⓘ will be proclaimed from the rooftopsⓘ.
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GreekΛέγω δὲ ὑμῖν τοῖς φίλοις μου, μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποκτεινόντων τὸ σῶμα καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἐχόντων περισσότερόν τι ποιῆσαι.
Orthodox ReadingI say to you, my friendsⓘ: do not fear those who kill the bodyⓘ — the ROMAN power of the ius gladii, the real persecutions — and after that can do nothing more.
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Greekὑποδείξω δὲ ὑμῖν τίνα φοβηθῆτε· φοβήθητε τὸν μετὰ τὸ ἀποκτεῖναι ⸂ἔχοντα ἐξουσίαν⸃ ἐμβαλεῖν εἰς τὴν γέενναν· ναί, λέγω ὑμῖν, τοῦτον φοβήθητε.
Orthodox ReadingI will show you whom to fear: fear the one who, after killing, has power to cast into Gehenna (gehinnom), the valley of judgment Gehennaⓘ; yes, I tell you, fear this one — the filial FEAR of God, not of Rome: the judgment extends beyond the death of the body, into the olam ha-ba, the world to come.
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Greekοὐχὶ πέντε στρουθία ⸀πωλοῦνται ἀσσαρίων δύο; καὶ ἓν ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπιλελησμένον ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ.
Orthodox ReadingAre not five sparrowsⓘ sold for two assariaⓘ? Yet not one of them is forgotten before Godⓘ.
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Greekἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ τρίχες τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν πᾶσαι ἠρίθμηνται· ⸀μὴ φοβεῖσθε· πολλῶν στρουθίων διαφέρετε.
Orthodox ReadingIndeed, even the hairs of your head are all numberedⓘ. Do not fear: you are worth more than many sparrowsⓘ.
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GreekΛέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, πᾶς ὃς ἂν ⸀ὁμολογήσῃ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁμολογήσει ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ θεοῦ·
Orthodox ReadingI say to you: everyone who confesses me before menⓘ, the Son of Man too — the Danielic use of the bar-enash of Dn 7:13 as the representative of the people of the holy ones before the throne — will acknowledge him before the angels of Godⓘ.
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Greekὁ δὲ ἀρνησάμενός με ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀπαρνηθήσεται ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ θεοῦ.
Orthodox ReadingBut whoever denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
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Greekκαὶ πᾶς ὃς ἐρεῖ λόγον εἰς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ τῷ δὲ εἰς τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα βλασφημήσαντι οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται.
Orthodox ReadingAnd everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but the one who has blasphemed against the Holy Spiritⓘ will not be forgiven.
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Greekὅταν δὲ ⸀εἰσφέρωσιν ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τὰς συναγωγὰς καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, μὴ ⸀μεριμνήσητε πῶς ⸂ἢ τί⸃ ἀπολογήσησθε ἢ τί εἴπητε·
Orthodox ReadingWhen they bring youⓘ before the tribunals of the synagogues (battei-din) synagoguesⓘ, before the magistratesⓘ and the authoritiesⓘ, do not anxiously worryⓘ about how or in what way you should defend yourselves nor what you should say:
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Greekτὸ γὰρ ἅγιον πνεῦμα διδάξει ὑμᾶς ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἃ δεῖ εἰπεῖν.
Orthodox Readingthe Holy Spiritⓘ will teachⓘ you in that same hour what must be said — the Spirit of holiness (ruach ha-qodesh) as the advocate for the defense, cf. Ex 4:12 to Moses.