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New Covenant
Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
567 pericopes
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Greek
Orthodox Reading
30
GreekΚαὶ ἔλεγεν· ⸀Πῶς ὁμοιώσωμεν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἢ ἐν ⸀τίνι ⸂αὐτὴν παραβολῇ θῶμεν⸃;
Orthodox ReadingHe said: «To what shall we compare the Kingdom of Godⓘ, or with what parableⓘ shall we set it forth?
312
Greekὡς ⸀κόκκῳ σινάπεως, ὃς ὅταν σπαρῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ⸂μικρότερον ὂν⸃ πάντων τῶν ⸀σπερμάτων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς—
Orthodox ReadingIt is like a grain of mustardⓘ, the smallestⓘ of all the seedsⓘ that are upon the ground;
322
Greekκαὶ ὅταν σπαρῇ, ἀναβαίνει καὶ γίνεται ⸂μεῖζον πάντων τῶν λαχάνων⸃ καὶ ποιεῖ κλάδους μεγάλους, ὥστε δύνασθαι ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν αὐτοῦ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνοῦν.
Orthodox Readingbut, when it is sownⓘ, it rises and becomes greater than all the herbs of the gardenⓘ and puts forth large branchesⓘ, so that the birds of heaven can make their nest in its shadeⓘ».
33
GreekΚαὶ τοιαύταις παραβολαῖς πολλαῖς ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον, καθὼς ἠδύναντο ἀκούειν·
Orthodox ReadingAnd with many parablesⓘ of this kind he went on proclaimingⓘ to them the Wordⓘ, according as they were ableⓘ to understand;
34
Greekχωρὶς δὲ παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς, κατ’ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς ⸂ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς⸃ ἐπέλυεν πάντα.
Orthodox Readingwithout a parable he did not speakⓘ to them, but in privateⓘ to his own disciplesⓘ he unloosed everythingⓘ.