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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading

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matthew-23-13-36

Mt 23,13-36·NA28·113/135·// Lc 11,39-52

οὐαὶ ὑμῖν=guai a voi (sheva' oyot — Is 5,8)אוֹי oyπροσήλυτον=proselito (ger tzedeq Yevamot 47)גֵּר צֶדֶק ger tzedeqκρίσιν/ἔλεος/πίστιν=giudizio/misericordia/fede (Mi 6,8)מִשְׁפָּט חֶסֶד mishpat chesedκώνωπα/κάμηλον=moscerino/cammello (Lv 11 impuri)τάφοις κεκονιαμένοις=sepolcri imbiancati (Shekalim 1,1)קְבָרִים מְסֻיָּדִיםἍβελ... Ζαχαρίου=Hevel-Zecharyah (Gn 4,8 / 2Cr 24,20)

Lunedì XXI settimana T.O. (anno II)

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GreekΟὐαὶ ⸀δὲ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι κλείετε τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ὑμεῖς γὰρ οὐκ εἰσέρχεσθε, οὐδὲ τοὺς εἰσερχομένους ἀφίετε ⸀εἰσελθεῖν.

Orthodox ReadingWoe to youⓘ, scribes (soferim)ⓘ and Pharisees (perushim)ⓘ, play-actorsⓘ — the observant and learned class that guards the oral Torah —, you who shut the Kingdom of Heaven (Malkhut Shamayim, the sovereignty of Heavenⓘ) in people's faces: you yourselves do not enter, nor do you let in those who would.

GreekΟὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι περιάγετε τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηρὰν ποιῆσαι ἕνα προσήλυτον, καὶ ὅταν γένηται ποιεῖτε αὐτὸν υἱὸν γεέννης διπλότερον ὑμῶν.

Orthodox ReadingWoe to you, who travel sea and land to make one proselyte (ger, the convert who enters the covenantⓘ) and, once he has become one, you make him a child of Gehenna (ben gehinnom, destined for the judgment of the Ge-Hinnom) twice as much as yourselves.

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GreekΟὐαὶ ὑμῖν, ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοὶ οἱ λέγοντες· Ὃς ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ ναῷ, οὐδέν ἐστιν, ὃς δ’ ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ χρυσῷ τοῦ ναοῦ ὀφείλει.

Orthodox ReadingWoe to you, blind guidesⓘ, who quibble over oaths (shevuot) sworn by the Temple (the Beit ha-Miqdash) or by its gold, by the altar (the mizbeaḥ) or by the offering placed upon itⓘ.

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GreekΟὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε τὸ ἡδύοσμον καὶ τὸ ἄνηθον καὶ τὸ κύμινον, καὶ ἀφήκατε τὰ βαρύτερα τοῦ νόμου, τὴν κρίσιν καὶ ⸂τὸ ἔλεος⸃ καὶ τὴν πίστιν· ⸀ταῦτα ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μὴ ⸀ἀφιέναι.

Orthodox ReadingWoe to you, who pay the tithe (maaser) of mint, dill and cumin — a scrupulous levy even on the smallest herbs, a praiseworthy and uncondemned practice —, yet neglect the weightier matters of the Torahⓘ: justice, mercy and faithfulness (mishpat, ḥesed and emunah)ⓘ; these you ought to have done without neglecting the othersⓘ.

Greekὁδηγοὶ τυφλοί, ⸀οἱ διϋλίζοντες τὸν κώνωπα τὴν δὲ κάμηλον καταπίνοντες.

Orthodox ReadingBlind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camelⓘ!

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GreekΟὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι καθαρίζετε τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ ⸀ἀκρασίας.

Orthodox ReadingWoe to you, who tend to the ritual purity (tohorah) of the vessels — the debate between the house of Hillel (bet Hillel) and the house of Shammai (bet Shammai) on the inside/outside relation of the receptacle — only on the outsideⓘ of the cup and the dish, while inside you are full of plunder and intemperanceⓘ.

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GreekΟὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι ⸀παρομοιάζετε τάφοις κεκονιαμένοις, οἵτινες ἔξωθεν μὲν φαίνονται ὡραῖοι ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ὀστέων νεκρῶν καὶ πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας·

Orthodox ReadingWoe to you, tombs whitewashed white before Pesach to signal to the pilgrims their impurity from contact with the dead (the tum'at met) whitewashed tombsⓘ:

GreekΟὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι οἰκοδομεῖτε τοὺς τάφους τῶν προφητῶν καὶ κοσμεῖτε τὰ μνημεῖα τῶν δικαίων,

Orthodox ReadingWoe to you, who build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the sepulchres of the righteousⓘ

Greekκαὶ λέγετε· Εἰ ⸀ἤμεθα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, οὐκ ἂν ⸁ἤμεθα ⸂αὐτῶν κοινωνοὶ⸃ ἐν τῷ αἵματι τῶν προφητῶν·

Orthodox Readingand say: «If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their accomplices in the blood of the prophets».

Greekὥστε μαρτυρεῖτε ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι υἱοί ἐστε τῶν φονευσάντων τοὺς προφήτας.

Orthodox ReadingThus you testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophetsⓘ.

Greekὄφεις γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν, πῶς φύγητε ἀπὸ τῆς κρίσεως τῆς γεέννης;

Orthodox ReadingSerpents, brood of vipersⓘ, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna (the din of the Ge-Hinnomⓘ)?

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Greekδιὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω πρὸς ὑμᾶς προφήτας καὶ σοφοὺς καὶ γραμματεῖς· ⸀ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποκτενεῖτε καὶ σταυρώσετε, καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν μαστιγώσετε ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς ὑμῶν καὶ διώξετε ἀπὸ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν·

Orthodox ReadingTherefore behold, I send to you as shaliach (the envoy invested with the authority of the one who sends him) prophets, sages and scribesⓘ, the soferim — Jewish messengers in the line of Israel's prophets, not strangers to the people —: some of these you will kill and crucifyⓘ, others you will flog in your synagoguesⓘ and persecute from town to town.

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Greekὅπως ἔλθῃ ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς πᾶν αἷμα δίκαιον ἐκχυννόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου, ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.

Orthodox ReadingSo that upon you may fall all the righteous blood, from Abel to Zechariah son of Barachiahⓘ, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

Greekἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ⸀ἥξει ⸂ταῦτα πάντα⸃ ἐπὶ τὴν γενεὰν ταύτην.

Orthodox ReadingAmèn, I say to youⓘ: all this will fall upon this generationⓘ.