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The greatest is the child — Mt 18:1-5
Mt 18,1-5·NA28·89/135·// Mc 9,33-37·Lc 9,46-48
μείζων ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ=maggiore nel Regno (gedullah)גְּדֻלָּה gedullahπαιδίον=bambino (qatan non obbligato)קָטָן qatanστραφῆτε=convertirvi (teshuvah)תְּשׁוּבָה teshuvahταπεινώσει ἑαυτόν=si umilierà (anavah Nm 12,3)עֲנָוָה anavahεἰς ὄνομα=nel nome (shlichùt)בְּשֵׁם be-shemὡς τὰ παιδία=come i bambini (Sal 131,2)
Martedì XIX settimana T.O. (anno II)
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Orthodox Reading
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GreekἘν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ προσῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγοντες· Τίς ἄρα μείζων ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν;
Orthodox ReadingAt that hourⓘ the disciplesⓘ approached Jesus saying: «Who then is greaterⓘ in the Kingdom of Heavenⓘ?» — the question of gedullahⓘ.
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Greekκαὶ προσκαλεσάμενος παιδίον ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν
Orthodox ReadingAnd having called to himselfⓘ a childⓘ, he set him in the midstⓘ
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Greekκαὶ εἶπεν· Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ στραφῆτε καὶ γένησθε ὡς τὰ παιδία, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.
Orthodox Readingand said: «Amèn I say to youⓘ: unless you turnⓘ and become like childrenⓘ, you shall not enterⓘ the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Greekὅστις οὖν ταπεινώσει ἑαυτὸν ὡς τὸ παιδίον τοῦτο, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ μείζων ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν.
Orthodox ReadingWhoever therefore will humble himselfⓘ like this child, this oneⓘ is the greater in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Greekκαὶ ὃς ἐὰν δέξηται ἓν παιδίον τοιοῦτο ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐμὲ δέχεται.
Orthodox ReadingAnd whoever receivesⓘ one such childⓘ in my nameⓘ, receives meⓘ.»