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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
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Testimony concerning John and the Capricious Generation — Lk 7:24-35
Lc 7,24-35·NA28·44/156·// Mt 11,7-19
ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου=mando il mio messaggero (Ml 3,1)מלאך malakhτὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἠθέτησαν=respinsero il disegno di Dioעצה etzahφίλος τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν=amico di pubblicani e peccatoriἡ σοφία=la Sapienza (chokmah, Pr 8)חכמה chokmahἐδικαιώθη=fu riconosciuta giusta
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Orthodox Reading
24
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 messengers of Johnⓘ had departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowds of am ha-aretzⓘ concerning John: «What did you go out into the wilderness to contemplateⓘ? A fragile reed shaken by the wind?
252
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 truly go out to see? A man clothed in luxurious soft garmentsⓘ? Behold, those who wear sumptuous garments and live in luxury are in the palaces of kings.
26
Greekἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν; προφήτην; ναὶ λέγω ὑμῖν, καὶ περισσότερον προφήτου.
Orthodox ReadingThen what did you go out to see? A prophetⓘ? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
272
Greekοὗτός ἐστιν περὶ οὗ γέγραπται· Ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.
Orthodox ReadingThis is the one of whom it stands writtenⓘ in the Scripture: **Behold, I send my messengerⓘ** before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.
28
Greekλέγω 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 woman none is greater than John; yet the least in the Kingdom of Godⓘ is greater than he.
29
GreekΚαὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀκούσας καὶ οἱ τελῶναι ἐδικαίωσαν τὸν θεόν, βαπτισθέντες τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου·
Orthodox ReadingAnd all the people, the am ha-aretzⓘ, and with them the tax collectors (telonai), the collectors excluded by the observantⓘ, having heard John, rendered justice to God, acknowledging his work, and they had been immersed in the lavacrum of teshuvah, of conversionⓘ of John;
30
Greekοἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ νομικοὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἑαυτούς, μὴ βαπτισθέντες ὑπ' αὐτοῦ.
Orthodox Readingthe Pharisees (perushim), the separated observantⓘ, on the other hand, and the teachers of the Torah (soferim), experts of the halakhahⓘ rejected the design of God — the etzah, the divine counselⓘ regarding themselves, not having been immersed by him.
31
GreekΤίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι;
Orthodox ReadingTo whom then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they alike?
32
Greekὅμοιοί εἰσιν παιδίοις τοῖς ἐν ἀγορᾷ καθημένοις καὶ προσφωνοῦσιν ἀλλήλοις λέγοντες· Ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε, ἐθρηνήσαμεν καὶ οὐκ ἐκλαύσατε.
Orthodox ReadingThey are like childrenⓘ seated in the square who call out to one another: We played the flute for you and you did not dance, we intoned a lament and you did not weep.
33
Greekἐλήλυθεν γὰρ Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς μὴ ἐσθίων ἄρτον μήτε πίνων οἶνον, καὶ λέγετε· Δαιμόνιον ἔχει.
Orthodox ReadingFor John the Baptizer came, in the perpetual fasting of nazirite abstinence, who eats no bread nor drinks wineⓘ, and you say: He has a demonⓘ.
341
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 eating and drinking, and you say: Behold a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.
35
Greekκαὶ ἐδικαιώθη ἡ σοφία ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς.
Orthodox ReadingYet Wisdomⓘ was acknowledged righteous, was justifiedⓘ by all her children».