Matthew · Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
Matthew 23 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
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- Romans 16:25–27 stands after 14:23 (as 14:24–26), as in most Byzantine manuscripts.
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1 τοτε ο ιησουσ ελαλησεν τοισ οχλοισ και τοισ μαθηταισ αυτου
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
2 λεγων επι τησ μωσεωσ καθεδρασ εκαθισαν οι γραμματεισ και οι φαρισαιοι
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
3 παντα ουν οσα εαν ειπωσιν υμιν τηρειν τηρειτε και ποιειτε κατα δε τα εργα αυτων μη ποιειτε λεγουσιν γαρ και ου ποιουσιν
3 All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.
4 δεσμευουσιν γαρ φορτια βαρεα και δυσβαστακτα και επιτιθεασιν επι τουσ ωμουσ των ανθρωπων τω δε δακτυλω αυτων ου θελουσιν κινησαι αυτα
4 For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
5 παντα δε τα εργα αυτων ποιουσιν προσ το θεαθηναι τοισ ανθρωποισ πλατυνουσιν δε τα φυλακτηρια αυτων και μεγαλυνουσιν τα κρασπεδα των ιματιων αυτων
5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
6 φιλουσιν τε την πρωτοκλισιαν εν τοισ δειπνοισ και τασ πρωτοκαθεδριασ εν ταισ συναγωγαισ
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
7 και τουσ ασπασμουσ εν ταισ αγοραισ και καλεισθαι υπο των ανθρωπων ραββι ραββι
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
8 υμεισ δε μη κληθητε ραββι εισ γαρ εστιν υμων ο καθηγητησ ο χριστοσ παντεσ δε υμεισ αδελφοι εστε
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
9 και πατερα μη καλεσητε υμων επι τησ γησ εισ γαρ εστιν ο πατηρ υμων ο εν τοισ ουρανοισ
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
10 μηδε κληθητε καθηγηται εισ γαρ υμων εστιν ο καθηγητησ ο χριστοσ
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
11 ο δε μειζων υμων εσται υμων διακονοσ
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
12 οστισ δε υψωσει εαυτον ταπεινωθησεται και οστισ ταπεινωσει εαυτον υψωθησεται
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 ουαι δε υμιν γραμματεισ και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι κατεσθιετε τασ οικιασ των χηρων και προφασει μακρα προσευχομενοι δια τουτο ληψεσθε περισσοτερον κριμα
13 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
14 ουαι υμιν γραμματεισ και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι κλειετε την βασιλειαν των ουρανων εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων υμεισ γαρ ουκ εισερχεσθε ουδε τουσ εισερχομενουσ αφιετε εισελθειν
14 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
15 ουαι υμιν γραμματεισ και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι περιαγετε την θαλασσαν και την ξηραν ποιησαι ενα προσηλυτον και οταν γενηται ποιειτε αυτον υιον γεεννησ διπλοτερον υμων
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
16 ουαι υμιν οδηγοι τυφλοι οι λεγοντεσ οσ αν ομοση εν τω ναω ουδεν εστιν οσ δ αν ομοση εν τω χρυσω του ναου οφειλει
16 “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
17 μωροι και τυφλοι τισ γαρ μειζων εστιν ο χρυσοσ η ο ναοσ ο αγιαζων τον χρυσον
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
18 και οσ εαν ομοση εν τω θυσιαστηριω ουδεν εστιν οσ δ αν ομοση εν τω δωρω τω επανω αυτου οφειλει
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
19 μωροι και τυφλοι τι γαρ μειζον το δωρον η το θυσιαστηριον το αγιαζον το δωρον
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
20 ο ουν ομοσασ εν τω θυσιαστηριω ομνυει εν αυτω και εν πασιν τοισ επανω αυτου
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
21 και ο ομοσασ εν τω ναω ομνυει εν αυτω και εν τω κατοικησαντι αυτον
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
22 και ο ομοσασ εν τω ουρανω ομνυει εν τω θρονω του θεου και εν τω καθημενω επανω αυτου
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
23 ουαι υμιν γραμματεισ και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι αποδεκατουτε το ηδυοσμον και το ανηθον και το κυμινον και αφηκατε τα βαρυτερα του νομου την κρισιν και τον ελεον και την πιστιν ταυτα εδει ποιησαι κακεινα μη αφιεναι
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
24 οδηγοι τυφλοι οι διυλιζοντεσ τον κωνωπα την δε καμηλον καταπινοντεσ
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
25 ουαι υμιν γραμματεισ και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι καθαριζετε το εξωθεν του ποτηριου και τησ παροψιδοσ εσωθεν δε γεμουσιν εξ αρπαγησ και αδικιασ
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
26 φαρισαιε τυφλε καθαρισον πρωτον το εντοσ του ποτηριου και τησ παροψιδοσ ινα γενηται και το εκτοσ αυτων καθαρον
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
27 ουαι υμιν γραμματεισ και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι παρομοιαζετε ταφοισ κεκονιαμενοισ οιτινεσ εξωθεν μεν φαινονται ωραιοι εσωθεν δε γεμουσιν οστεων νεκρων και πασησ ακαθαρσιασ
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.
28 ουτωσ και υμεισ εξωθεν μεν φαινεσθε τοισ ανθρωποισ δικαιοι εσωθεν δε μεστοι εστε υποκρισεωσ και ανομιασ
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 ουαι υμιν γραμματεισ και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι οικοδομειτε τουσ ταφουσ των προφητων και κοσμειτε τα μνημεια των δικαιων
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
30 και λεγετε ει ημεν εν ταισ ημεραισ των πατερων ημων ουκ αν ημεν κοινωνοι αυτων εν τω αιματι των προφητων
30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
31 ωστε μαρτυρειτε εαυτοισ οτι υιοι εστε των φονευσαντων τουσ προφητασ
31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
32 και υμεισ πληρωσατε το μετρον των πατερων υμων
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
33 οφεισ γεννηματα εχιδνων πωσ φυγητε απο τησ κρισεωσ τησ γεεννησ
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
34 δια τουτο ιδου εγω αποστελλω προσ υμασ προφητασ και σοφουσ και γραμματεισ και εξ αυτων αποκτενειτε και σταυρωσετε και εξ αυτων μαστιγωσετε εν ταισ συναγωγαισ υμων και διωξετε απο πολεωσ εισ πολιν
34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
35 οπωσ ελθη εφ υμασ παν αιμα δικαιον εκχυνομενον επι τησ γησ απο του αιματοσ αβελ του δικαιου εωσ του αιματοσ ζαχαριου υιου βαραχιου ον εφονευσατε μεταξυ του ναου και του θυσιαστηριου
35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 αμην λεγω υμιν οτι ηξει παντα ταυτα επι την γενεαν ταυτην
36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
37 ιερουσαλημ ιερουσαλημ η αποκτενουσα τουσ προφητασ και λιθοβολουσα τουσ απεσταλμενουσ προσ αυτην ποσακισ ηθελησα επισυναγαγειν τα τεκνα σου ον τροπον επισυναγει ορνισ τα νοσσια εαυτησ υπο τασ πτερυγασ και ουκ ηθελησατε
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
38 ιδου αφιεται υμιν ο οικοσ υμων ερημοσ
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
39 λεγω γαρ υμιν ου μη με ιδητε απ αρτι εωσ αν ειπητε ευλογημενοσ ο ερχομενοσ εν ονοματι κυριου
39 For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
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Named by Jesus as the last of the righteous whose blood was shed, 'son of Berechiah', whom they killed between the temple and the altar. Matthew 23:35 calls him 'son of…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 23:35; Luke 11:51
Cross references (35)
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- 1 Luke 20:45–46; Matthew 15:10–20; Luke 12:1; Luke 12:57; Mark 12:38–39
- 2 Luke 20:46; Mark 12:38; Malachi 2:7; Ezra 7:6; Ezra 7:25
- 3 2 Timothy 3:5; Titus 1:16; Romans 2:19–24; Acts 5:29; Romans 13:1
- 4 Luke 11:46; Acts 15:10; Galatians 6:13; Matthew 11:28–30; Matthew 23:23
- 5 Matthew 6:1–16; John 12:43; Philippians 2:3; Deuteronomy 6:8; John 5:44
- 6 3 John 9; Luke 11:43–54; Mark 12:38–39; Luke 14:7–11; Proverbs 25:6–7
- 7 John 1:38; John 1:49; John 3:2; John 6:25; John 3:26
- 8 James 3:1; Luke 22:32; Revelation 1:9; 1 Corinthians 1:12–13; 1 Peter 5:3
- 9 1 John 3:1; Hebrews 12:9; Malachi 1:6; Job 32:21–22; Romans 8:14–17
- 11 1 Corinthians 9:19; Galatians 5:13; John 13:14–15; Mark 10:43–44; 2 Corinthians 4:5
- 12 1 Peter 5:5; James 4:6; Luke 14:11; Proverbs 29:23; Luke 18:14
- 13 Luke 11:52; Matthew 23:29; Matthew 23:23; Matthew 23:27; Zechariah 11:17
- 15 Acts 13:43; Acts 13:10; Ephesians 2:3; Galatians 6:12; Galatians 4:17
- 16 Matthew 15:14; James 5:12; Matthew 23:24; Matthew 23:17; Matthew 5:33–35
- 17 Matthew 23:19; Numbers 16:38–39; Psalm 94:8; Exodus 30:26–29
- 19 Exodus 29:37; Exodus 30:29
- 21 Psalm 26:8; 1 Kings 8:13; 2 Chronicles 6:2; Ephesians 2:22; Colossians 2:9
- 22 Matthew 5:34; Isaiah 66:1; Psalm 11:4; Revelation 4:2–3; Acts 7:49
- 23 Luke 11:42; Micah 6:8; Hosea 6:6; Matthew 9:13; Matthew 5:19–20
- 24 Matthew 19:24; Matthew 27:6–8; Luke 6:7–10; Matthew 15:2–6; John 18:28
- 25 Luke 11:39–40; Matthew 15:19–20; Isaiah 28:7–8; Mark 7:4–13
- 26 2 Corinthians 7:1; James 4:8; Hebrews 10:22; Ezekiel 18:31; Isaiah 55:7
- 27 Luke 11:44; Acts 23:3; Numbers 19:16; Isaiah 58:1–2
- 28 Luke 16:15; Psalm 51:6; Matthew 23:5; Matthew 12:34–35; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 29 Luke 11:47–48; Acts 2:29
- 30 Matthew 23:34–35; Jeremiah 2:30; Matthew 21:35–36; 2 Chronicles 36:15
- 31 Acts 7:51–52; 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16; Job 15:5–6; Joshua 24:22; Luke 19:22
- 32 Genesis 15:16; Numbers 32:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:16
- 33 Matthew 3:7; Matthew 12:34; Luke 3:7; Matthew 5:22; Genesis 3:15
- 34 Matthew 10:16–17; Matthew 13:52; Colossians 1:28; Luke 11:49–51; Acts 13:1
- 35 2 Chronicles 24:20–22; Hebrews 11:4; Zechariah 1:1; Genesis 4:8; Revelation 18:24
- 36 Matthew 10:23; Matthew 24:34; Luke 21:32–33; Mark 13:30–31; Ezekiel 12:21–28
- 37 Luke 13:34–35; Psalm 91:4; Ruth 2:12; Deuteronomy 32:11–12; Psalm 17:8
- 38 Jeremiah 22:5; Luke 13:35; Luke 21:24; 1 Kings 9:7; Acts 6:13–14
- 39 Psalm 118:26; Matthew 21:9; Romans 11:25; John 8:24; Luke 17:22
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Then. When? When He had said these things, when He had stopped their mouths; when He had brought them that they should no more dare to tempt Him; when He had shown their state incurable. And since He had made mention of "the Lord" and "my Lord," He recurs again to the law.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Jesus, therefore, will be to them the author and teacher of such transgression, inasmuch as He commanded that one Being should be called Father, thus imposing upon them the necessity of confessing the Creator as their Father, as has been pointed out.
Therefore, says the Lord, "Cleanse that which is within, and the outside shall be clean also." He then says that God Himself,--not anything received from Him, but Himself,--is his portion.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Herewith towards the end also He was upbraiding them, when He said, "Ye bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, but ye will not move them with your finger," and, "ye pay tithe of mint and anise, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith." Well then, I think that these are comprehended in …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
They forgot that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten, speaks in like manner concerning Himself to Jerusalem, How often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and ye would not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)