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New Covenant
Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
567 pericopes
Matthew 21:28-32
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Orthodox Reading
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GreekΤί δὲ ὑμῖν δοκεῖ; ἄνθρωπος εἶχεν τέκνα δύο. ⸀προσελθὼν τῷ πρώτῳ εἶπεν· Τέκνον, ὕπαγε σήμερον ἐργάζου ἐν τῷ ⸀ἀμπελῶνι.
Orthodox Reading«What do you thinkⓘ? A man had two sonsⓘ. To the firstⓘ he said: «Sonⓘ, today go and workⓘ in the vineyardⓘ».
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Greekὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· ⸂Οὐ θέλω· ὕστερον δὲ μεταμεληθεὶς⸃ ἀπῆλθεν.
Orthodox Reading«I do not want toⓘ»; but afterward, having repentedⓘ, he went.
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Greek⸂προσελθὼν δὲ⸃ τῷ ⸀δευτέρῳ εἶπεν ὡσαύτως· ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· ⸂Ἐγώ, κύριε· καὶ οὐκ⸃ ἀπῆλθεν.
Orthodox ReadingTo the secondⓘ he said the same. «Yes, lordⓘ»; but he did not go.
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Greekτίς ἐκ τῶν δύο ἐποίησεν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός; ⸀λέγουσιν· Ὁ ⸀πρῶτος. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οἱ τελῶναι καὶ αἱ πόρναι προάγουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
Orthodox ReadingWhich of the two did the will of the fatherⓘ?». «The first». Jesus: «Trulyⓘ: the tax collectorsⓘ and the prostitutesⓘ go ahead of youⓘ into the kingdom of Godⓘ.
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Greekἦλθεν γὰρ ⸂Ἰωάννης πρὸς ὑμᾶς⸃ ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης, καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ· οἱ δὲ τελῶναι καὶ αἱ πόρναι ἐπίστευσαν αὐτῷ· ὑμεῖς δὲ ἰδόντες ⸀οὐδὲ μετεμελήθητε ὕστερον τοῦ πιστεῦσαι αὐτῷ.
Orthodox ReadingJohnⓘ came to you on the way of righteousnessⓘ and you did not believeⓘ him; the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And you, seeingⓘ, did not repentⓘ so as to believe him».