Matthew · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Matthew 20 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- 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 Διότι η βασιλεία των ουρανών είναι ομοία με άνθρωπον οικοδεσπότην, όστις εξήλθεν άμα τω πρωΐ διά να μισθώση εργάτας διά τον αμπελώνα αυτού.
1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
2 Αφού δε συνεφώνησε μετά των εργατών προς εν δηνάριον την ημέραν, απέστειλεν αυτούς εις τον αμπελώνα αυτού.
2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 Και εξελθών περί την τρίτην ώραν, είδεν άλλους ισταμένους εν τη αγορά αργούς,
3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
4 και προς εκείνους είπεν· Υπάγετε και σεις εις τον αμπελώνα, και ό,τι είναι δίκαιον θέλω σας δώσει. Και εκείνοι υπήγον.
4 He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
5 Πάλιν εξελθών περί την έκτην και ενάτην ώραν, έκαμεν ωσαύτως.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 Περί δε την ενδεκάτην ώραν εξελθών εύρεν άλλους ισταμένους αργούς, και λέγει προς αυτούς· Διά τι ίστασθε εδώ όλην την ημέραν αργοί;
6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
7 Λέγουσι προς αυτόν· Διότι ουδείς εμίσθωσεν ημάς. Λέγει προς αυτούς· Υπάγετε και σεις εις τον αμπελώνα, και ό,τι είναι δίκαιον θέλετε λάβει.
7 “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’
8 Αφού δε έγεινεν εσπέρα, λέγει ο κύριος του αμπελώνος προς τον επίτροπον αυτού· Κάλεσον τους εργάτας και απόδος εις αυτούς τον μισθόν, αρχίσας από των εσχάτων έως των πρώτων.
8 “When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
9 Και ελθόντες οι περί την ενδεκάτην ώραν μισθωθέντες, έλαβον ανά εν δηνάριον.
9 “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
10 Ελθόντες δε οι πρώτοι, ενόμισαν ότι θέλουσι λάβει πλειότερα, έλαβον όμως και αυτοί ανά εν δηνάριον.
10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
11 Και λαβόντες εγόγγυζον κατά του οικοδεσπότου,
11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
12 λέγοντες ότι, Ούτοι οι έσχατοι μίαν ώραν έκαμον, και έκαμες αυτούς ίσους με ημάς, οίτινες εβαστάσαμεν το βάρος της ημέρας και τον καύσωνα.
12 saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
13 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε προς ένα εξ αυτών· Φίλε, δεν σε αδικώ· δεν συνεφώνησας εν δηνάριον μετ' εμού;
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
14 λάβε το σον και ύπαγε· θέλω δε να δώσω εις τούτον τον έσχατον ως και εις σε.
14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
15 Η δεν έχω την εξουσίαν να κάμω ό,τι θέλω εις τα εμά; ή ο οφθαλμός σου είναι πονηρός διότι εγώ είμαι αγαθός;
15 Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
16 Ούτω θέλουσιν είσθαι οι έσχατοι πρώτοι και οι πρώτοι έσχατοι· διότι πολλοί είναι οι κεκλημένοι, ολίγοι δε οι εκλεκτοί.
16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
17 Και αναβαίνων ο Ιησούς εις Ιεροσόλυμα, παρέλαβε τους δώδεκα μαθητάς κατ' ιδίαν εν τη οδώ και είπε προς αυτούς.
17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
18 Ιδού, αναβαίνομεν εις Ιεροσόλυμα, και ο Υιός του ανθρώπου θέλει παραδοθή εις τους αρχιερείς και γραμματείς και θέλουσι καταδικάσει αυτόν εις θάνατον,
18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
19 και θέλουσι παραδώσει αυτόν εις τα έθνη διά να εμπαίξωσι και μαστιγώσωσι και σταυρώσωσι, και τη τρίτη ημέρα θέλει αναστηθή.
19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
20 Τότε προσήλθε προς αυτόν η μήτηρ των υιών του Ζεβεδαίου μετά των υιών αυτής, προσκυνούσα και ζητούσα τι παρ' αυτού.
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
21 Ο δε είπε προς αυτήν· Τι θέλεις; Λέγει προς αυτόν· Ειπέ να καθήσωσιν ούτοι οι δύο υιοί μου εις εκ δεξιών σου και εις εξ αριστερών εν τη βασιλεία σου.
21 He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
22 Αποκριθείς δε ο Ιησούς είπε· Δεν εξεύρετε τι ζητείτε. Δύνασθε να πίητε το ποτήριον, το οποίον εγώ μέλλω να πίω, και να βαπτισθήτε το βάπτισμα, το οποίον εγώ βαπτίζομαι; Λέγουσι προς αυτόν· Δυνάμεθα.
22 But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”
23 Και λέγει προς αυτούς· το μεν ποτήριόν μου θέλετε πίει; και το βάπτισμα το οποίον εγώ βαπτίζομαι θέλετε βαπτισθή· το να καθήσητε όμως εκ δεξιών μου και εξ αριστερών μου δεν είναι εμού να δώσω, ειμή εις όσους είναι ητοιμασμένον υπό του Πατρός μου.
23 He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
24 Και ακούσαντες οι δέκα ηγανάκτησαν περί των δύο αδελφών.
24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
25 Ο δε Ιησούς προσκαλέσας αυτούς, είπεν· Εξεύρετε ότι οι άρχοντες των εθνών κατακυριεύουσιν αυτά και οι μεγάλοι κατεξουσιάζουσιν αυτά.
25 But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
26 Ούτως όμως δεν θέλει είσθαι εν υμίν, αλλ' όστις θέλει να γείνη μέγας εν υμίν, ας ήναι υπηρέτης υμών,
26 It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
27 και όστις θέλη να ήναι πρώτος εν υμίν, ας ήναι δούλος υμών·
27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
28 καθώς ο Υιός του ανθρώπου δεν ήλθε διά να υπηρετηθή, αλλά διά να υπηρετήση και να δώση την ζωήν αυτού λύτρον αντί πολλών.
28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
29 Και ενώ εξήρχοντο από της Ιεριχώ, ηκολούθησεν αυτόν όχλος πολύς.
29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 Και ιδού, δύο τυφλοί καθήμενοι παρά την οδόν, ακούσαντες ότι ο Ιησούς διαβαίνει, έκραξαν λέγοντες· Ελέησον ημάς, Κύριε, υιέ του Δαβίδ.
30 Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”
31 Ο δε όχλος επέπληξεν αυτούς διά να σιωπήσωσιν· αλλ' εκείνοι έκραζον δυνατώτερα, λέγοντες· Ελέησον ημάς, Κύριε, υιέ του Δαβίδ.
31 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”
32 Και σταθείς ο Ιησούς, έκραξεν αυτούς και είπε· Τι θέλετε να σας κάμω;
32 Jesus stood still and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
33 Λέγουσι προς αυτόν· Κύριε, να ανοιχθώσιν οι οφθαλμοί ημών.
33 They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”
34 Και ο Ιησούς σπλαγχνισθείς ήγγισε τους οφθαλμούς αυτών· και ευθύς ανέβλεψαν αυτών οι οφθαλμοί, και ηκολούθησαν αυτόν.
34 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
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Zebedee
A fisherman in whose boat his sons James and John were mending nets when Jesus called them; they left him in the boat with the hired men.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 20:20; Mark 1:20
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 13:47; Matthew 13:24; 1 Corinthians 15:58; John 15:1; Hebrews 13:21
- 2 Exodus 19:5–6; Matthew 22:19; Luke 10:35; 2 Timothy 3:15; Matthew 18:28
- 3 1 Timothy 5:13; Proverbs 19:15; Matthew 20:6–7; Mark 15:25; Acts 17:17–21
- 4 1 Peter 4:2–3; Romans 6:16–22; Luke 19:7–10; Matthew 9:9; Titus 3:8
- 5 Joshua 24:2–3; Mark 15:33–34; Hebrews 11:24–26; Acts 3:1; Luke 23:44–46
- 6 John 9:4; Acts 17:21; Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 19:15; Luke 23:40–43
- 7 Ephesians 2:11–12; Hebrews 6:10; Acts 17:30–31; Acts 4:16; Matthew 22:9–10
- 8 Deuteronomy 24:15; 1 Peter 4:10; Romans 2:6–10; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Titus 1:7
- 9 Romans 4:3–6; Ephesians 2:8–10; Ephesians 1:6–8; Matthew 20:2; Luke 23:40–43
- 11 Luke 19:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; Jude 16; Acts 11:2–3; Acts 22:21–22
- 12 Romans 11:5–6; 2 Corinthians 11:23–28; Luke 14:10–11; 1 Corinthians 4:11; Luke 18:11–12
- 13 Matthew 26:50; Matthew 22:12; Romans 9:14–15; Job 34:8–12; Job 35:2
- 14 John 17:2; Luke 15:31; Ezekiel 29:18–20; Matthew 6:2; Matthew 6:6
- 15 Romans 9:15–24; Deuteronomy 15:9; Mark 7:22; Exodus 33:19; Matthew 6:23
- 16 Matthew 19:30; Mark 10:31; Matthew 22:14; Luke 13:28–30; Luke 15:7
- 17 Mark 10:32–34; Luke 18:31–34; Matthew 13:11; John 15:15; Genesis 18:17
- 18 Matthew 16:21; Acts 2:23; Matthew 27:1; Matthew 26:2; Matthew 17:22–23
- 19 Matthew 16:21; Mark 15:16–20; 1 Corinthians 15:3–7; Acts 2:23; Isaiah 53:3
- 20 Mark 10:35–45; Matthew 4:21; Matthew 8:2; Matthew 27:56; Matthew 2:11
- 21 Matthew 19:28; Mark 10:36–37; Psalm 110:1; Esther 5:3; 1 Kings 3:5
- 22 Luke 22:42; Matthew 26:42; Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; John 18:11
- 23 Revelation 1:9; Mark 10:40; Matthew 25:34; Acts 12:2; 2 Timothy 2:11–12
- 24 James 4:5–6; 1 Peter 5:5; Luke 22:23–25; Philippians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 13:4
- 25 Luke 22:25–27; Matthew 20:25–28; John 13:12–17; Mark 10:42; Matthew 18:3–4
- 26 Mark 10:43; Mark 9:35; Mark 10:45; 1 Peter 5:3; Luke 18:14
- 27 Luke 22:26; Mark 9:33–35; Matthew 18:4; 2 Corinthians 4:5; Romans 1:14
- 28 Luke 22:27; Hebrews 9:28; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 3:18; Philippians 2:4–8
- 29 Mark 10:46–52; Luke 18:35–43; Matthew 9:27–31
- 30 Mark 10:46; Matthew 12:22–23; Matthew 22:42; Matthew 21:9; Isaiah 42:16
- 31 Matthew 19:13; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Luke 18:1–8; Luke 11:8–10
- 32 Ezekiel 36:37; Philippians 4:6; Matthew 20:21; Acts 10:29
- 33 Psalm 119:18; Ephesians 1:17–19
- 34 Matthew 9:29; Psalm 145:8; Hebrews 4:15–16; Luke 22:51; Luke 7:13
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Ye have heard out of the Holy Gospel a parable well suited to the present season, concerning the labourers in the vineyard. For now is the time of the material vintage. Now there is also a spiritual vintage, wherein God rejoiceth in the fruit of His vineyard. For we cultivate God, and God cultivateth us.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
He goeth not up at once to Jerusalem when He is come out of Galilee, but having first wrought miracles, and having stopped the mouths of Pharisees, and having discoursed with His disciples of renouncing possessions: for, "if thou wilt be perfect," saith He, "sell that thou hast:" and of virginity, "He that is able to receive, let him receive …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
They maintain also, that these thirty Æons are most plainly indicated in the parable of the labourers sent into the vineyard.
Of these two, the two blind men also are a figure, who sat by the way side, to whom the Lord gave sight. And if ye pay attention to the Scriptures, ye will find the two Churches, which are not two but One, figured out in many places.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… of the heavens, that whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in Heaven." How then is it not "His to give to sit on His right hand, and on His left," when He saith, "I will give thee"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)