New Covenant

Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading

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Loving Enemies — Mt 5:43-48

Mt 5,43-48·NA28·20/135·// Lc 6,27-36

ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον=amerai il prossimo (Lv 19,18)וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָμισήσεις τὸν ἐχθρόν=odierai il nemico (1QS I,9-10 Qumran)ἀγαπᾶτε=amate (agape come patto)אַהֲבָה ahavahτελῶναι=gabbai (Mishnah Toharot 7,6)τέλειοι=integri (non perfetti)תָּמִים tamim (Gn 17,1)πατρὸς ὑμῶν=Padre vostro (imitatio Dei)

VII domenica del Tempo Ordinario — anno A

Greek

Orthodox Reading

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GreekἨκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου, καὶ μισήσεις τὸν ἐχθρόν σου·

Orthodox Reading«You have heard that it was saidⓘ: You shall love your neighbor — the great principle of the Torahⓘ, kelal gadol ba-Torahⓘ — and you shall hate your enemy. But this second clause is not in the Torah: it is the sectarian interpretation of the sons of lightⓘ. Jesus takes issue with the exclusivist reading of the re'aⓘ.

Greekἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς καταρωμένους ὑμᾶς, καλῶς ποιεῖτε τοὺς μισοῦντας ὑμᾶς, καὶ προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐπηρεαζόντων ὑμᾶς, καὶ διωκόντων ὑμᾶς·

Orthodox ReadingBut I say to you: love — with the covenant love-faithfulness (agàpeⓘ) — your enemies, and pray for those who persecute youⓘ,

Greekὅπως γένησθε υἱοὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς, ὅτι τὸν ἥλιον αὐτοῦ ἀνατέλλει ἐπὶ πονηροὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς καὶ βρέχει ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους.

Orthodox Readingso that you may become sons of your Father who is in the heavens — sons by likenessⓘ — for he makes the sun rise on the wicked and on the good and makes it rainⓘ on the just and the unjust. This is the category of the divine chesedⓘ.

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Greekἐὰν γὰρ ἀγαπήσητε τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ὑμᾶς, τίνα μισθὸν ἔχετε; οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ τελῶναι τὸ αὐτὸ ποιοῦσι;

Orthodox ReadingFor if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not the gabbaiⓘ — the collectors — do the same?

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Greekκαὶ ἐὰν ἀσπάσησθε τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν μόνον, τί περισσὸν ποιεῖτε; οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ τελῶναι οὕτω ποιοῦσιν;

Orthodox ReadingAnd if you greetⓘ only your brothers, those belonging to the covenant, what more do you do? Do not the collectorsⓘ do the same?

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Greekἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι, ὥσπερ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐράνιος τέλειός ἐστι.

Orthodox ReadingYou therefore be tamimⓘ — whole, entire — as Leviticus 19:2 saysⓘ: not abstract moral perfection, but totality of the covenant, halakhic integrity — as your heavenly Father is tamim.»