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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
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matteo-11-16-19
Mt 11,16-19·NA28·53/135·// Lc 7,31-35
τὴν γενεὰν ταύτην=questa generazioneהַדּוֹר הַזֶּה ha-dor ha-zehηὐλήσαμεν / ἐθρηνήσαμεν=flauto nozze / lamento luttoקִינָה qinahμήτε ἐσθίων μήτε πίνων=né mangia né beve (nazir Nm 6,3)נָזִיר nazirφάγος καὶ οἰνοπότης=mangione e beone (ben sorer Dt 21,20)זוֹלֵל וְסוֹבֵא zolel ve-soveἡ σοφία=la Sapienza (Pr 8; Sir 24)חָכְמָה Chochmahἐδικαιώθη ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων=giustificata dalle opere (vs Lc téknōn)
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Orthodox Reading
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GreekΤίνι δὲ ὁμοιώσω τὴν γενεὰν ταύτην; ὁμοία ἐστὶν παιδίοις ⸂καθημένοις ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς ἃ προσφωνοῦντα τοῖς ἑτέροις⸃
Orthodox ReadingTo what shall I compare this generationⓘ? It is like childrenⓘ sitting in the marketplacesⓘ who call out to the others:
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Greek⸀λέγουσιν· Ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ⸀ἐθρηνήσαμεν καὶ οὐκ ἐκόψασθε·
Orthodox Reading«We played the flute for you and you did not dance, we sang a lament and you did not mournⓘ».
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Greekἦλθεν γὰρ Ἰωάννης μήτε ἐσθίων μήτε πίνων, καὶ λέγουσιν· Δαιμόνιον ἔχει·
Orthodox ReadingJohnⓘ came, who neither eats nor drinksⓘ, and they say: «He has a demonⓘ».
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Greekἦλθεν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων, καὶ λέγουσιν· Ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος φάγος καὶ οἰνοπότης, τελωνῶν φίλος καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν. καὶ ἐδικαιώθη ἡ σοφία ἀπὸ τῶν ⸀ἔργων αὐτῆς.
Orthodox ReadingThe Son of Manⓘ came, who eats and drinksⓘ, and they say: «Behold a glutton and a drunkardⓘ, a friend of tax collectorsⓘ and sinnersⓘ». But wisdom has been vindicated as righteous by her worksⓘ.