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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
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Matthew 22:23-33
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Greek
Orthodox Reading
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GreekἘν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ Σαδδουκαῖοι, ⸀λέγοντες μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν, καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν
Orthodox ReadingThat dayⓘ the Sadducees (the tzedukim)ⓘ came to him, those who deny the resurrection (techiyat ha-metim)ⓘ, and they questioned himⓘ:
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Greekλέγοντες· Διδάσκαλε, Μωϋσῆς εἶπεν· Ἐάν τις ἀποθάνῃ μὴ ἔχων τέκνα, ἐπιγαμβρεύσει ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναστήσει σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ.
Orthodox Reading«Teacherⓘ, Moses saidⓘ: if a man dies childless, his brother shall marry the wife and raise up a descendant for the brother according to the levirate (yibbum)ⓘ.
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Greekἦσαν δὲ παρ’ ἡμῖν ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ⸀γήμας ἐτελεύτησεν, καὶ μὴ ἔχων σπέρμα ἀφῆκεν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ·
Orthodox ReadingThere were among usⓘ seven brothersⓘ; the first, having married, died without descendantⓘ and left the wife to his brother,
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Greekὁμοίως καὶ ὁ δεύτερος καὶ ὁ τρίτος, ἕως τῶν ἑπτά·
Orthodox Readingand so the second and the third, down to the seventh.
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Greekὕστερον δὲ πάντων ἀπέθανεν ⸀ἡ γυνή.
Orthodox ReadingLastⓘ the woman died.
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Greekἐν τῇ ⸂ἀναστάσει οὖν⸃ τίνος τῶν ἑπτὰ ἔσται γυνή; πάντες γὰρ ἔσχον αὐτήν.
Orthodox ReadingAt the resurrection (techiyat ha-metim)ⓘ, then, of which of the seven will she be the wife? For all of them had her».
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GreekἈποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Πλανᾶσθε μὴ εἰδότες τὰς γραφὰς μηδὲ τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ θεοῦ·
Orthodox ReadingJesus answered: «You are deceivedⓘ, because you know neither the Scripturesⓘ nor the power (gevurah) of Godⓘ.
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Greekἐν γὰρ τῇ ἀναστάσει οὔτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε ⸀γαμίζονται, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἄγγελοι ⸀θεοῦ ἐν ⸀τῷ οὐρανῷ εἰσιν·
Orthodox ReadingFor at the resurrection there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, but one is like angels of God in heavenⓘ.
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Greekπερὶ δὲ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τῶν νεκρῶν οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑμῖν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ λέγοντος·
Orthodox ReadingAs for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read in the Torah (the written instruction)ⓘ what was spoken to you by God:
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GreekἘγώ εἰμι ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰακώβ; οὐκ ἔστιν ⸂ὁ θεὸς⸃ νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων.
Orthodox ReadingI am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacobⓘ? He is not the God of the dead, but of the livingⓘ!».
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Greekκαὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ὄχλοι ἐξεπλήσσοντο ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ.
Orthodox ReadingAnd the crowdsⓘ, having heard this, continued to be astoundedⓘ at his teachingⓘ.