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New Covenant
Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
567 pericopes
Il granello di senape e il lievito: il Regno che cresce
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Greek
Orthodox Reading
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GreekἜλεγεν οὖν· Τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώσω αὐτήν;
Orthodox ReadingHe went on, then, saying: «To what is the Kingdom of Godⓘ like, and to what shall I compare it?
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Greekὁμοία ἐστὶν κόκκῳ σινάπεως, ὃν λαβὼν ἄνθρωπος ἔβαλεν εἰς κῆπον ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ηὔξησεν καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς δένδρον, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατεσκήνωσεν ἐν τοῖς κλάδοις αὐτοῦ.
Orthodox ReadingIt is like a mustard seedⓘ, which a man took and castⓘ into his gardenⓘ; and it grew and becameⓘ a tree, and the birds of heavenⓘ came to nest among its branches».
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GreekΚαὶ πάλιν εἶπεν· Τίνι ὁμοιώσω τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ;
Orthodox ReadingAnd again he said: «To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
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Greekὁμοία ἐστὶν ζύμῃ, ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἔκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία ἕως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον.
Orthodox ReadingIt is like leavenⓘ — Pesachⓘ teaches one to watch over that ferment — which a womanⓘ took and hidⓘ in three measures of flourⓘ, until it was all leavenedⓘ».