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New Covenant
Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
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Fire and division: the price of the Kingdom — Lk 12:49-53
Lc 12,49-53·NA28·87/156·// Mt 10,34-36
Πῦρ=Fuoco (giudizio-purificazione, Ml 3,2-3)βάπτισμα=battesimo (immersione della passione)συνέχομαι=sono angosciato/costrettoτελεσθῇ=sia compiuto (campo di tetélestai)διαμερισμόν=divisione (Mi 7,6, dolori messianici)
XX domenica T.O. — anno C (Lc 12,49-53)
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Orthodox Reading
49
GreekΠῦρ ἦλθον βαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τί θέλω εἰ ἤδη ἀνήφθη.
Orthodox ReadingI came to cast fireⓘ upon the earthⓘ, and how I wish it were already kindledⓘ!
50
Greekβάπτισμα δὲ ἔχω βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ πῶς συνέχομαι ἕως ὅτου τελεσθῇ.
Orthodox ReadingI have an immersionⓘ to be immersed withⓘ, and how distressedⓘ I am, how constrained in waiting until it be accomplishedⓘ!
51
Greekδοκεῖτε ὅτι εἰρήνην παρεγενόμην δοῦναι ἐν τῇ γῇ; οὐχί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ' ἢ διαμερισμόν.
Orthodox ReadingDo you suppose that I have comeⓘ to bring peaceⓘ upon the earth? No, I tell you, but rather divisionⓘ.
52
Greekἔσονται γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν πέντε ἐν ἑνὶ οἴκῳ διαμεμερισμένοι, τρεῖς ἐπὶ δυσὶν καὶ δύο ἐπὶ τρισίν,
Orthodox ReadingFor from now on five persons in a single houseⓘ will be divided among themselvesⓘ, three against two and two against three;
531
Greekδιαμερισθήσονται πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ καὶ υἱὸς ἐπὶ πατρί, μήτηρ ἐπὶ θυγατέρα καὶ θυγάτηρ ἐπὶ μητέρα, πενθερὰ ἐπὶ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς καὶ νύμφη ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν.
Orthodox Readingthey will be dividedⓘ father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against the mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against the mother-in-lawⓘ.