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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
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Eye for eye: from limit to non-retaliation — Mt 5:38-42
Mt 5,38-42·NA28·19/135·// Lc 6,29-30
Ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ=occhio per occhio (Es 21,24; limite + mamon)μὴ ἀντιστῆναι τῷ πονηρῷ=non resistere al malvagioτὴν δεξιὰν σιαγόνα=la guancia destra (rovescio, oltraggio all'onore)ἀγγαρεύσει=costringerà (l'angarìa romana)τὸ ἱμάτιον=il mantello (Es 22,25-26)
VII domenica T.O. — anno A (Mt 5,38-48)
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Orthodox Reading
38
GreekἨκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη, Ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος·
Orthodox ReadingYou have heard that it was saidⓘ: **An eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothⓘ** — not a license for retaliation but a restraint: already the Mishnah Bava Qamma 8:1ⓘ reads it as monetary compensationⓘ.
39
Greekἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ἀντιστῆναι τῷ πονηρῷ· ἀλλ' ὅστις σε ῥαπίσει εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν σου σιαγόνα, στρέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην·
Orthodox ReadingBut I say to you not to resistⓘ the evil oneⓘ; rather, to the one who strikes you on the right cheekⓘ counts as a public outrage to honor, not as physical violence⟧ turn the other also;
40
Greekκαὶ τῷ θέλοντί σοι κριθῆναι καὶ τὸν χιτῶνά σου λαβεῖν, ἄφες αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον·
Orthodox Readingand to the one who wants to drag you into courtⓘ to take your tunicⓘ, leave him also your cloakⓘ;
41
Greekκαὶ ὅστις σε ἀγγαρεύσει μίλιον ἕν, ὕπαγε μετ' αὐτοῦ δύο.
Orthodox Readingand whoever compels youⓘ to go a mileⓘ, goⓘ with him for two.
42
Greekτῷ αἰτοῦντί σε δίδου· καὶ τὸν θέλοντα ἀπὸ σοῦ δανείσασθαι μὴ ἀποστραφῇς.
Orthodox ReadingTo the one who asks you giveⓘ, and from the one who wants to borrowⓘ from you do not turn away.