Matthew · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Matthew 13 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Εν εκείνη δε τη ημέρα εξελθών ο Ιησούς από της οικίας εκάθητο πλησίον της θαλάσσης·
1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside.
2 και συνήχθησαν προς αυτόν όχλοι πολλοί, ώστε εμβάς εις το πλοίον εκάθητο, και πας ο όχλος ίστατο επί τον αιγιαλόν.
2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.
3 Και ελάλησε προς αυτούς πολλά διά παραβολών, λέγων· Ιδού, εξήλθεν ο σπείρων διά να σπείρη.
3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
4 Και ενώ έσπειρεν, άλλα μεν έπεσον παρά την οδόν, και ήλθον τα πετεινά και κατέφαγον αυτά·
4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
5 άλλα δε έπεσον επί τα πετρώδη, όπου δεν είχον γην πολλήν, και ευθύς ανεφύησαν, επειδή δεν είχον βάθος γης,
5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
6 και ότε ανέτειλεν ο ήλιος εκαυματίσθησαν και επειδή δεν είχον ρίζαν εξηράνθησαν·
6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
7 άλλα δε έπεσον επί τας ακάνθας, και ανέβησαν αι άκανθαι και απέπνιξαν αυτά·
7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
8 άλλα δε έπεσον επί την γην την καλήν και έδιδον καρπόν το μεν εκατόν, το δε εξήκοντα, το δε τριάκοντα.
8 Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
9 Ο έχων ώτα διά να ακούη, ας ακούη.
9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10 Και προσελθόντες οι μαθηταί, είπον προς αυτόν· Διά τι λαλείς προς αυτούς διά παραβολών;
10 The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
11 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε προς αυτούς· Διότι εις εσάς εδόθη να γνωρίσητε τα μυστήρια της βασιλείας των ουρανών, εις εκείνους όμως δεν εδόθη.
11 He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
12 Διότι όστις έχει, έτι θέλει δοθή εις αυτόν και θέλει περισσευθή· όστις όμως δεν έχει, και ό,τι έχει θέλει αφαιρεθή απ' αυτού.
12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
13 Διά τούτο λαλώ προς αυτούς διά παραβολών, διότι βλέποντες δεν βλέπουσι και ακούοντες δεν ακούουσιν ουδέ νοούσι.
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.
14 Και εκπληρούται επ' αυτών η προφητεία του Ησαΐου η λέγουσα· Με την ακοήν θέλετε ακούσει και δεν θέλετε εννοήσει, και βλέποντες θέλετε ιδεί και δεν θέλετε καταλάβει·
14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive;
15 διότι επαχύνθη η καρδία του λαού τούτου, και με τα ώτα βαρέως ήκουσαν και τους οφθαλμούς αυτών έκλεισαν μήποτε ίδωσι με τους οφθαλμούς και ακούσωσι με τα ώτα και νοήσωσι με την καρδίαν και επιστρέψωσι, και ιατρεύσω αυτούς.
15 for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.’
16 Υμών δε οι οφθαλμοί είναι μακάριοι, διότι βλέπουσι, και τα ώτα σας, διότι ακούουσιν.
16 “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
17 Επειδή αληθώς σας λέγω ότι πολλοί προφήται και δίκαιοι επεθύμησαν να ίδωσιν όσα βλέπετε, και δεν είδον, και να ακούσωσιν όσα ακούετε, και δεν ήκουσαν.
17 For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.
18 Σεις λοιπόν ακούσατε την παραβολήν του σπείροντος.
18 “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
19 Παντός ακούοντος τον λόγον της βασιλείας και μη νοούντος, έρχεται ο πονηρός και αρπάζει το εσπαρμένον εν τη καρδία αυτού· ούτος είναι ο σπαρθείς παρά την οδόν.
19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
20 Ο δε επί τα πετρώδη σπαρθείς, ούτος είναι ο ακούων τον λόγον και ευθύς μετά χαράς δεχόμενος αυτόν·
20 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it;
21 δεν έχει όμως ρίζαν εν εαυτώ, αλλ' είναι πρόσκαιρος, όταν δε γείνη θλίψις ή διωγμός διά τον λόγον, ευθύς σκανδαλίζεται.
21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
22 Ο δε εις τας ακάνθας σπαρθείς, ούτος είναι ο ακούων τον λόγον, έπειτα η μέριμνα του αιώνος τούτου και η απάτη του πλούτου συμπνίγει τον λόγον, και γίνεται άκαρπος.
22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
23 Ο δε σπαρθείς επί την γην την καλήν, ούτος είναι ο ακούων τον λόγον και νοών· όστις και καρποφορεί και κάμνει ο μεν εκατόν, ο δε εξήκοντα, ο δε τριάκοντα.
23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
24 Άλλην παραβολήν παρέθηκεν εις αυτούς, λέγων· Ωμοιώθη η βασιλεία των ουρανών με άνθρωπον, όστις έσπειρε καλόν σπόρον εν τω αγρώ αυτού·
24 He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
25 αλλ' ενώ εκοιμώντο οι άνθρωποι, ήλθεν ο εχθρός αυτού και έσπειρε ζιζάνια ανά μέσον του σίτου και ανεχώρησεν.
25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.
26 Ότε δε εβλάστησεν ο χόρτος και έκαμε καρπόν, τότε εφάνησαν και τα ζιζάνια.
26 But when the blade sprang up and produced grain, then the darnel weeds appeared also.
27 Προσελθόντες δε οι δούλοι του οικοδεσπότου είπον προς αυτόν· Κύριε, καλόν σπόρον δεν έσπειρας εν τω αγρώ σου; πόθεν λοιπόν έχει τα ζιζάνια;
27 The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?’
28 Ο δε είπε προς αυτούς· Εχθρός άνθρωπος έκαμε τούτο· οι δε δούλοι είπον προς αυτόν· Θέλεις λοιπόν να υπάγωμεν και να συλλέξωμεν αυτά;
28 “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’
29 Ο δε είπεν· Ουχί, μήποτε συλλέγοντες τα ζιζάνια εκριζώσητε μετ' αυτών τον σίτον·
29 “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
30 αφήσατε να συναυξάνωσιν αμφότερα μέχρι του θερισμού, και εν τω καιρώ του θερισμού θέλω ειπεί προς τους θεριστάς· Συλλέξατε πρώτον τα ζιζάνια και δέσατε αυτά εις δέσμας διά να κατακαύσητε αυτά, τον δε σίτον συνάξατε εις την αποθήκην μου.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
31 Άλλην παραβολήν παρέθηκεν εις αυτούς, λέγων· Ομοία είναι η βασιλεία των ουρανών με κόκκον σινάπεως, τον οποίον λαβών άνθρωπος έσπειρεν εν τω αγρώ αυτού·
31 He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field,
32 το οποίον είναι μεν μικρότερον πάντων των σπερμάτων, όταν όμως αυξηθή είναι μεγαλήτερον των λαχάνων και γίνεται δένδρον, ώστε έρχονται τα πετεινά του ουρανού και κατασκηνούσιν εν τοις κλάδοις αυτού.
32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”
33 Άλλην παραβολήν είπε προς αυτούς· Ομοία είναι η βασιλεία των ουρανών με προζύμιον, το οποίον λαβούσα γυνή ενέκρυψεν εις τρία μέτρα αλεύρου, εωσού έγεινεν όλον ένζυμον.
33 He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
34 Ταύτα πάντα ελάλησεν ο Ιησούς διά παραβολών προς τους όχλους και χωρίς παραβολής δεν ελάλει προς αυτούς,
34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
35 διά να πληρωθή το ρηθέν διά του προφήτου, λέγοντος· Θέλω ανοίξει εν παραβολαίς το στόμα μου, θέλω απαγγείλει πράγματα κεκρυμμένα από καταβολής κόσμου.
35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
36 Τότε αφήσας τους όχλους ήλθεν εις την οικίαν ο Ιησούς. Και προσήλθον προς αυτόν οι μαθηταί αυτού, λέγοντες· Εξήγησον εις ημάς την παραβολήν των ζιζανίων του αγρού.
36 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”
37 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε προς αυτούς· Ο σπείρων τον καλόν σπόρον είναι ο Υιός του ανθρώπου·
37 He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
38 ο δε αγρός είναι ο κόσμος· ο δε καλός σπόρος, ούτοι είναι οι υιοί της βασιλείας· τα δε ζιζάνια είναι οι υιοί του πονηρού·
38 the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
39 ο δε εχθρός, όστις έσπειρεν αυτά, είναι ο διάβολος· ο δε θερισμός είναι η συντέλεια του αιώνος· οι δε θερισταί είναι οι άγγελοι.
39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
40 Καθώς λοιπόν συλλέγονται τα ζιζάνια και κατακαίονται εν πυρί, ούτω θέλει είσθαι εν τη συντελεία του αιώνος τούτου.
40 As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.
41 Θέλει αποστείλει ο Υιός του ανθρώπου τους αγγέλους αυτού, και θέλουσι συλλέξει εκ της βασιλείας αυτού πάντα τα σκάνδαλα και τους πράττοντας την ανομίαν,
41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling and those who do iniquity,
42 και θέλουσι ρίψει αυτούς εις την κάμινον του πυρός· εκεί θέλει είσθαι ο κλαυθμός και ο τριγμός των οδόντων.
42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Τότε οι δίκαιοι θέλουσιν εκλάμψει ως ο ήλιος εν τη βασιλεία του Πατρός αυτών. Ο έχων ώτα διά να ακούη ας ακούη.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
44 Πάλιν ομοία είναι η βασιλεία των ουρανών με θησαυρόν κεκρυμμένον εν τω αγρώ, τον οποίον ευρών άνθρωπος έκρυψε, και από της χαράς αυτού υπάγει και πωλεί πάντα όσα έχει και αγοράζει τον αγρόν εκείνον.
44 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
45 Πάλιν ομοία είναι η βασιλεία των ουρανών με άνθρωπον έμπορον ζητούντα καλούς μαργαρίτας·
45 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
46 όστις ευρών ένα πολύτιμον μαργαρίτην, υπήγε και επώλησε πάντα όσα είχε και ηγόρασεν αυτόν.
46 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
47 Πάλιν ομοία είναι η βασιλεία των ουρανών με δίκτυον, το οποίον ερρίφθη εις την θάλασσαν και συνήγαγεν από παντός είδους·
47 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some fish of every kind,
48 το οποίον, αφού εγεμίσθη, ανεβίβασαν επί τον αιγιαλόν και καθήσαντες συνέλεξαν τα καλά εις αγγεία, τα δε αχρεία έρριψαν έξω.
48 which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
49 Ούτω θέλει είσθαι εν τη συντελεία του αιώνος. Θέλουσιν εξέλθει οι άγγελοι και θέλουσιν αποχωρίσει τους πονηρούς εκ μέσου των δικαίων,
49 So it will be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
50 και θέλουσι ρίψει αυτούς εις την κάμινον του πυρός· εκεί θέλει είσθαι ο κλαυθμός και ο τριγμός των οδόντων.
50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
51 Λέγει προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Ενοήσατε ταύτα πάντα; Λέγουσι προς αυτόν· Ναι, Κύριε.
51 Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
52 Ο δε είπε προς αυτούς· Διά τούτο πας γραμματεύς, μαθητευθείς εις τα περί της βασιλείας των ουρανών, είναι όμοιος με άνθρωπον οικοδεσπότην, όστις εκβάλλει εκ του θησαυρού αυτού νέα και παλαιά.
52 He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
53 Και αφού ετελείωσεν ο Ιησούς τας παραβολάς ταύτας, ανεχώρησεν εκείθεν,
53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
54 και ελθών εις την πατρίδα αυτού, εδίδασκεν αυτούς εν τη συναγωγή αυτών, ώστε εξεπλήττοντο και έλεγον· Πόθεν εις τούτον η σοφία αύτη και αι δυνάμεις;
54 Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
55 δεν είναι ούτος ο υιός του τέκτονος; η μήτηρ αυτού δεν λέγεται Μαριάμ, και οι αδελφοί αυτού Ιάκωβος και Ιωσής και Σίμων και Ιούδας;
55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
56 και αι αδελφαί αυτού δεν είναι πάσαι παρ' ημίν; πόθεν λοιπόν εις τούτον ταύτα πάντα;
56 Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”
57 Και εσκανδαλίζοντο εν αυτώ. Ο δε Ιησούς είπε προς αυτούς· Δεν είναι προφήτης άνευ τιμής ειμή εν τη πατρίδι αυτού και εν τη οικία αυτού.
57 They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house.”
58 Και δεν έκαμεν εκεί πολλά θαύματα διά την απιστίαν αυτών.
58 He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
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- 1 Luke 8:4–10; Matthew 13:1–15; Mark 4:1–12; Matthew 13:36
- 2 Luke 5:3; Matthew 15:30; Luke 8:4–8; Genesis 49:10; Matthew 4:25
- 3 Mark 4:2–9; Mark 4:13; Psalm 78:2; Mark 4:33; Matthew 13:34–35
- 4 Matthew 13:18–19
- 5 Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 11:19; Zechariah 7:12; Amos 6:12; Matthew 13:20
- 6 James 1:11–12; Matthew 13:21; Luke 8:13; Isaiah 49:10; Colossians 1:23
- 7 Mark 4:18–19; Jeremiah 4:3–4; Genesis 3:18; Matthew 13:22
- 8 John 15:8; Luke 8:15; Matthew 13:23; Genesis 26:12; Galatians 5:22–23
- 9 Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:11; Matthew 11:15; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 3:13
- 10 Mark 4:33–34; Mark 4:10
- 11 1 Corinthians 2:9–10; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Matthew 19:11; James 1:5; 1 John 2:27
- 12 Matthew 25:29; Mark 4:24–25; Luke 8:18; Luke 19:24–26; John 15:2–5
- 13 Ezekiel 12:2; Jeremiah 5:21; Isaiah 42:18–20; 2 Corinthians 4:3–4; Deuteronomy 29:3–4
- 14 Isaiah 6:9–10; Ezekiel 12:2; 2 Corinthians 3:14; Luke 8:10; Acts 28:25–27
- 15 Isaiah 6:10; Zechariah 7:11; Mark 4:12; John 8:43–44; 2 Timothy 2:25–26
- 16 Luke 10:23–24; Ephesians 1:17–18; Matthew 16:17; John 20:29; Acts 26:18
- 17 John 8:56; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 1:10–12; Luke 10:24; Hebrews 11:39–40
- 18 Matthew 13:11–12; Luke 8:11–15; Mark 4:13–20
- 19 Luke 8:11–15; Hebrews 2:1; Matthew 13:38; 1 John 5:18; Matthew 4:23
- 20 Ezekiel 33:31–32; Psalm 106:12–13; John 5:35; 2 Chronicles 24:2; Psalm 78:34–37
- 21 Matthew 11:6; 2 Peter 1:8–9; Ephesians 3:17; Hosea 6:4; Job 19:28
- 22 1 Timothy 6:17; Luke 8:14; 1 Timothy 6:9–10; Mark 4:18–19; Luke 12:15
- 23 Philippians 1:11; Matthew 12:33; John 15:16; Galatians 5:22–23; Psalm 92:13–15
- 24 Matthew 25:1; Matthew 13:47; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 22:2; Matthew 13:37
- 25 1 Peter 5:8; Acts 20:30–31; 2 Peter 2:1; Matthew 13:39; Hebrews 12:15
- 26 Mark 4:26–29
- 27 Romans 16:17; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 Corinthians 5:18–20; 1 Corinthians 12:28–29; 2 Corinthians 6:4
- 28 1 Corinthians 5:3–7; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Luke 9:49–54; Jude 22–23; 2 Corinthians 2:6–11
- 30 Matthew 3:12; 1 Timothy 5:24; 1 Corinthians 4:5; John 15:6; Malachi 3:18–4:1
- 31 Luke 13:18–19; Matthew 17:20; Mark 4:30–32; Luke 17:6; Matthew 13:24
- 32 Ezekiel 31:6; Daniel 4:12; Ezekiel 17:23–24; Acts 21:20; Zechariah 8:20–23
- 33 Galatians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 5:6–7; Luke 13:21; Philippians 2:13–15; Genesis 18:6
- 34 Mark 4:33–34; John 16:25; Matthew 13:13
- 35 Psalm 78:2; Ephesians 3:9; 1 Peter 1:20–21; Romans 16:25–26; 1 Corinthians 2:7
- 36 Matthew 13:11; John 16:17–20; Matthew 13:1; Mark 8:9; Mark 6:45
- 37 1 Corinthians 3:5–7; Acts 1:8; Matthew 13:27; Matthew 13:24; Luke 10:16
- 38 John 8:44; Acts 13:10; Philippians 3:18–19; 1 John 3:8–10; 1 Peter 1:23
- 39 Matthew 13:49; Revelation 14:15–19; Matthew 25:31; Joel 3:13; Revelation 19:20
- 40 Matthew 13:39
- 41 Matthew 24:31; Revelation 21:27; Matthew 18:7; 2 Peter 2:1–2; Matthew 13:49
- 42 Matthew 13:50; Revelation 20:10; Revelation 20:14–15; Matthew 8:12; Luke 16:23–24
- 43 Daniel 12:3; Luke 12:32; Matthew 25:34; 1 Corinthians 15:41–54; Matthew 11:15
- 44 Proverbs 2:2–5; Colossians 2:3; Philippians 3:7–9; Matthew 6:21; Luke 14:33
- 45 Proverbs 8:10–11; Matthew 16:26; Proverbs 3:13–18; Job 28:18; Matthew 13:24
- 46 Luke 18:28–30; Ephesians 3:8; Proverbs 2:4; Acts 20:24; Colossians 2:3
- 47 John 15:6; 2 Timothy 3:2–5; Matthew 22:9–10; 2 Timothy 4:3–4; 1 John 4:1–6
- 48 Matthew 13:30; Matthew 3:12; Matthew 13:40–43
- 49 Revelation 20:12–15; Matthew 13:39; Matthew 24:31; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–10; Matthew 22:12–14
- 50 Revelation 14:10–11; Luke 13:27–28; Matthew 13:42; Matthew 8:12; Revelation 16:10–11
- 51 Mark 4:34; Matthew 13:19; Matthew 13:11; Matthew 15:17; Matthew 24:15
- 52 1 John 2:7–8; Titus 1:9; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Corinthians 3:4–6; Titus 2:6–7
- 53 Matthew 7:28; Mark 4:33–35
- 54 John 7:15–16; Matthew 7:28; Mark 6:1–6; Matthew 2:23; Luke 4:16–30
- 55 Mark 6:3; John 6:42; Luke 3:23; Mark 15:47–16:1; Luke 4:22
- 57 John 4:44; Luke 4:24; Matthew 11:6; Isaiah 53:3; John 6:61
- 58 Mark 6:5–6; Romans 11:20; Hebrews 3:12–19; Luke 4:25–29
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Both yesterday and to-day ye have heard the parables of the sower, in the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. Do ye who were present yesterday, recollect to-day.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
We have good cause to admire the disciples, how, longing as they do to learn, they know when they ought to ask. For they do it not before all: and this Matthew shows by saying, "And they came." And, as to this assertion not being conjecture, Mark hath expressed it more distinctly, by saying, that "they came to Him privately." …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire." And as to those who are not living pursuant to these His teachings, and are Christians only in name, we demand that all such be punished by you.
… no such thing as good and evil, but certain things were deemed righteous, and certain others unrighteous, in human opinion only, He never would have expressed Himself thus in His teaching: "The righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father;" but He shall send the unrighteous, and those who do not the works of righteousness, …
For Thou hast said unto man, "Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;" and desire not to seem wise, because, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." But I had now found the goodly pearl, which, selling all that I had, I ought to have bought; and I hesitated.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)