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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading

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Orthodox Reading

GreekΚαὶ ἀπήγγειλαν Ἰωάννῃ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ περὶ πάντων τούτων. καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος δύο τινὰς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰωάννης

Orthodox ReadingThe disciples disciplesⓘ of John reported all these things to him. Summoning two of them, John

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Greekἔπεμψεν πρὸς τὸν ⸀κύριον λέγων· Σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἢ ⸀ἄλλον προσδοκῶμεν;

Orthodox Readingsent them to ask the Lord: «Are you the awaited messiah (mashiach) the awaited messiahⓘ, or must we wait for another?».

Greekπαραγενόμενοι δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ ἄνδρες εἶπαν· Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς ⸀ἀπέστειλεν ἡμᾶς πρὸς σὲ λέγων· Σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἢ ἄλλον προσδοκῶμεν;

Orthodox ReadingComing to him, the men menⓘ said: «John the Baptist has sent us to ask you: Are you the one who is to come, or must we wait for another?».

Greekἐν ⸀ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐθεράπευσεν πολλοὺς ἀπὸ νόσων καὶ μαστίγων καὶ πνευμάτων πονηρῶν, καὶ τυφλοῖς πολλοῖς ⸀ἐχαρίσατο βλέπειν.

Orthodox ReadingAt that very moment Jesus healed many of diseases, of plagues, and of evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.

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Greekκαὶ ⸀ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Πορευθέντες ἀπαγγείλατε Ἰωάννῃ ἃ εἴδετε καὶ ἠκούσατε· ⸀τυφλοὶ ἀναβλέπουσιν, χωλοὶ περιπατοῦσιν, λεπροὶ καθαρίζονται, ⸀κωφοὶ ἀκούουσιν, νεκροὶ ἐγείρονται, πτωχοὶ εὐαγγελίζονται·

Orthodox ReadingThen he answered and said to them: «Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are restored to ritual purity (taharah) ritual purityⓘ as they come out of impurity (tumah), the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the good news is proclaimedⓘ.

Greekκαὶ μακάριός ἐστιν ὃς ἐὰν μὴ σκανδαλισθῇ ἐν ἐμοί.

Orthodox ReadingAnd blessed is the one who finds in me no cause for scandalⓘ!».

GreekἈπελθόντων δὲ τῶν ἀγγέλων Ἰωάννου ἤρξατο λέγειν ⸂πρὸς τοὺς ὄχλους⸃ περὶ Ἰωάννου· Τί ⸀ἐξήλθατε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι; κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον;

Orthodox ReadingWhen the envoys had departed, Jesus began to speak about John to the common folk (am ha-aretz) to the common folkⓘ: «What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the windⓘ?

Greekἀλλὰ τί ⸀ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν; ἄνθρωπον ἐν μαλακοῖς ἱματίοις ἠμφιεσμένον; ἰδοὺ οἱ ἐν ἱματισμῷ ἐνδόξῳ καὶ τρυφῇ ὑπάρχοντες ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις εἰσίν.

Orthodox ReadingBut what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those who wear sumptuous garments and live in luxuryⓘ dwell in the palaces of kings.

Greekἀλλὰ τί ⸀ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν; προφήτην; ναί, λέγω ὑμῖν, καὶ περισσότερον προφήτου.

Orthodox ReadingBut what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and indeed more than a prophetⓘ.

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Greekοὗτός ἐστιν περὶ οὗ γέγραπται· ⸀Ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.

Orthodox ReadingHe is the one of whom it is written: Behold, I send my messenger before your faceⓘ, who will prepare your way before you.

Greek⸀λέγω ὑμῖν, μείζων ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν ⸀Ἰωάννου οὐδείς ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ μείζων αὐτοῦ ἐστιν.

Orthodox ReadingI tell you: among those born of women none is greater than Johnⓘ; yet the least in the Kingdom of Heaven (malkhut shamayim) Kingdom of Heavenⓘ is greater than he.

Greek(καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀκούσας καὶ οἱ τελῶναι ἐδικαίωσαν τὸν θεόν, βαπτισθέντες τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου·

Orthodox ReadingAll the people peopleⓘ who listened to him, and even the tax collectors (telonai) tax collectorsⓘ, acknowledged the justice of God by receiving the immersion of conversion (tevilah of teshuvah) immersion of conversionⓘ administered by John.

Greekοἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ νομικοὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἑαυτούς, μὴ βαπτισθέντες ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ.)

Orthodox ReadingBut the Pharisees (perushim) perushimⓘ and the doctors of the Torah (soferim) doctors of the Torahⓘ, by not submitting to the tevilah tevilahⓘ administered by him, rendered void for themselves the plan of Godⓘ.

GreekΤίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι;

Orthodox ReadingTo what then shall I compare the men of this generation? To what are they like?

Greekὅμοιοί εἰσιν παιδίοις τοῖς ἐν ἀγορᾷ καθημένοις καὶ προσφωνοῦσιν ἀλλήλοις, ⸂ἃ λέγει⸃· Ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ⸀ἐθρηνήσαμεν καὶ οὐκ ἐκλαύσατε·

Orthodox ReadingThey are like children sitting in the marketplaceⓘ who call out to one another: «We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a lament and you did not weepⓘ!».

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Greekἐλήλυθεν γὰρ Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς ⸀μὴ ⸂ἐσθίων ἄρτον μήτε πίνων οἶνον⸃, καὶ λέγετε· Δαιμόνιον ἔχει·

Orthodox ReadingFor John the Baptist came, in the abstinence of the nazir (nazir) abstinence of the nazirⓘ, who does not eat bread and does not drink wine, and you say: «He is possessed by a demon».

Greekἐλήλυθεν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων, καὶ λέγετε· Ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος φάγος καὶ οἰνοπότης, φίλος τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν.

Orthodox ReadingThe Son of manⓘ came, who eats and drinks, and you say: «Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors (telonai) tax collectorsⓘ and of sinners».

Greekκαὶ ἐδικαιώθη ἡ σοφία ἀπὸ ⸂πάντων τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς⸃.

Orthodox ReadingBut Wisdom has been justified by all her childrenⓘ».