Matthew · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Matthew 23 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.
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Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Τότε ο Ιησούς ελάλησε προς τους όχλους και προς τους μαθητάς αυτού,
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
1 Τότε ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐλάλησε τοῖς ὄχλοις καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ
2 λέγων· Επί της καθέδρας του Μωϋσέως εκάθησαν οι γραμματείς και οι Φαρισαίοι.
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
2 λέγων· ἐπὶ τῆς Μωσέως καθέδρας ἐκάθισαν οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι.
3 Πάντα λοιπόν όσα αν είπωσι προς εσάς να φυλάττητε, φυλάττετε και πράττετε, κατά δε τα έργα αυτών μη πράττετε· επειδή λέγουσι και δεν πράττουσι.
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.
3 πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν τηρεῖν, τηρεῖτε καὶ ποιεῖτε, κατὰ δὲ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν μὴ ποιεῖτε· λέγουσι γάρ, καὶ οὐ ποιοῦσι.
4 Διότι δένουσι φορτία βαρέα και δυσβάστακτα και επιθέτουσιν επί τους ώμους των ανθρώπων, δεν θέλουσιν όμως ουδέ διά του δακτύλου αυτών να κινήσωσιν αυτά.
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.
4 δεσμεύουσι γὰρ φορτία βαρέα καὶ δυσβάστακτα καὶ ἐπιτιθέασιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, τῷ δὲ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσι κινῆσαι αὐτά.
5 Πράττουσι δε πάντα τα έργα αυτών διά να βλέπωνται υπό των ανθρώπων. Και πλατύνουσι τα φυλακτήρια αυτών και μεγαλύνουσι τα κράσπεδα των ιματίων αυτών,
5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
5 πάντα δὲ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν ποιοῦσι πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. πλατύνουσι γὰρ τὰ φυλακτήρια αὐτῶν καὶ μεγαλύνουσι τὰ κράσπεδα τῶν ἱματίων αὐτῶν,
6 και αγαπώσι τον πρώτον τόπον εν τοις δείπνοις και τας πρωτοκαθεδρίας εν ταις συναγωγαίς
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
6 φιλοῦσι δὲ τὴν πρωτοκλισίαν ἐν τοῖς δείπνοις καὶ τὰς πρωτοκαθεδρίας ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς
7 και τους ασπασμούς εν ταις αγοραίς και να ονομάζωνται υπό των ανθρώπων Ραββί, Ραββί·
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
7 καὶ τοὺς ἀσπασμοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς καὶ καλεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ῥαββὶ ῥαββί.
8 σεις όμως μη ονομασθήτε Ραββί· διότι εις είναι ο καθηγητής σας, ο Χριστός· πάντες δε σεις αδελφοί είσθε.
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
8 ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ κληθῆτε ῥαββί· εἷς γὰρ ὑμῶν ἐστιν [ὁ] διδάσκαλος, ὁ Χριστός· πάντες δὲ ὑμεῖς ἀδελφοί ἐστε.
9 Και πατέρα σας μη ονομάσητε επί της γής· διότι εις είναι ο Πατήρ σας, ο εν τοις ουρανοίς.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
9 καὶ πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· εἷς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ πατήρ ὑμῶν, ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.
10 Μηδέ ονομασθήτε καθηγηταί· διότι εις είναι ο καθηγητής σας, ο Χριστός.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
10 μηδὲ κληθῆτε καθηγηταί· εἷς γὰρ ὑμῶν ἐστιν [ὁ] καθηγητής, ὁ Χριστός.
11 Ο δε μεγαλήτερος από σας θέλει είσθαι υπηρέτης σας.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
11 ὁ δὲ μείζων ὑμῶν ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος.
12 Όστις δε υψώση εαυτόν θέλει ταπεινωθή, και όστις ταπεινώση εαυτόν θέλει υψωθή.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
12 ὅστις δὲ ὑψώσει ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, καὶ ὅστις ταπεινώσει ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.
13 Αλλ' ουαί εις εσάς, γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι, υποκριταί, διότι κατατρώγετε τας οικίας των χηρών και τούτο επί προφάσει ότι κάμνετε μακράς προσευχάς· διά τούτο θέλετε λάβει μεγαλητέραν καταδίκην.
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.
13 Οὐαὶ δὲ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι κατεσθίετε τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν καὶ προφάσει μακρὰ προσευχόμενοι· διὰ τοῦτο λήψεσθε περισσότερον κρῖμα.
14 Ουαί εις εσάς, γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι, υποκριταί, διότι κλείετε την βασιλείαν των ουρανών έμπροσθεν των ανθρώπων· επειδή σεις δεν εισέρχεσθε ουδέ τους εισερχομένους αφίνετε να εισέλθωσιν.
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.
14 Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι κλείετε τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ὑμεῖς γὰρ οὐκ εἰσέρχεσθε, οὐδὲ τοὺς εἰσερχομένους ἀφίετε εἰσελθεῖν.
15 Ουαί εις εσάς, γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι, υποκριταί, διότι περιέρχεσθε την θάλασσαν και την ξηράν διά να κάμητε ένα προσήλυτον, και όταν γείνη, κάμνετε αυτόν υιόν της γεέννης διπλότερον υμών.
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.
15 Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι περιάγετε τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηρὰν ποιῆσαι ἕνα προσήλυτον, καὶ ὅταν γένηται, ποιεῖτε αὐτὸν υἱὸν γεέννης διπλότερον ὑμῶν.
16 Ουαί εις εσάς, οδηγοί τυφλοί, οι λέγοντες· Όστις ομόση εν τω ναώ είναι ουδέν, όστις όμως ομόση εν τω χρυσώ του ναού, υποχρεούται.
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.’
16 Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοί, οἱ λέγοντες· ὃς ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ ναῷ, οὐδέν ἐστιν, ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ χρυσῷ τοῦ ναοῦ, ὀφείλει.
17 Μωροί και τυφλοί· διότι τις είναι μεγαλήτερος, ο χρυσός ή ο ναός ο αγιάζων τον χρυσόν;
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
17 μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοί! τίς γὰρ μείζων ἐστίν, ὁ χρυσὸς ἢ ὁ ναὸς ὁ ἁγιάζων τὸν χρυσόν;
18 Καί· Όστις ομόση εν τω θυσιαστηρίω, είναι ουδέν, όστις όμως ομόση εν τω δώρω τω επάνω αυτού, υποχρεούται.
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
18 καί· ὃς ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ, οὐδέν ἐστιν, ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ δώρῳ τῷ ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ, ὀφείλει.
19 Μωροί και τυφλοί· διότι τι είναι μεγαλήτερον, το δώρον ή το θυσιαστήριον το αγιάζον το δώρον;
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
19 μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοί! τί γὰρ μεῖζον, τὸ δῶρον ἢ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ ἁγιάζον τὸ δῶρον;
20 Ο ομόσας λοιπόν εν τω θυσιαστηρίω ομνύει εν αυτώ και εν πάσι τοις επάνω αυτού·
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
20 ὁ οὖν ὀμόσας ἐν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ ὀμνύει ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ·
21 και ο ομόσας εν τω ναώ ομνύει εν αυτώ και εν τω κατοικούντι αυτόν.
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
21 καὶ ὁ ὀμόσας ἐν τῷ ναῷ ὀμνύει ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ κατοικήσαντι αὐτόν·
22 Και ο ομόσας εν τω ουρανώ, ομνύει εν τω θρόνω του Θεού και εν τω καθημένω επάνω αυτού.
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
22 καὶ ὁ ὀμόσας ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὀμνύει ἐν τῷ θρόνῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ.
23 Ουαί εις εσάς, γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι, υποκριταί, διότι αποδεκατίζετε το ηδύοσμον και το άνηθον και το κύμινον, και αφήκατε τα βαρύτερα του νόμου, την κρίσιν και τον έλεον και την πίστιν· ταύτα έπρεπε να πράττητε και εκείνα να μη αφίνητε.
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.
23 Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε τὸ ἡδύοσμον καὶ τὸ ἄνηθον καὶ τὸ κύμινον, καὶ ἀφήκατε τὰ βαρύτερα τοῦ νόμου, τὴν κρίσιν καὶ τὸν ἔλεον καὶ τὴν πίστιν· ταῦτα δὲ ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μὴ ἀφιέναι.
24 Οδηγοί τυφλοί, οίτινες διυλίζετε τον κώνωπα, την δε κάμηλον καταπίνετε.
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
24 ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοί, οἱ διυλίζοντες τὸν κώνωπα, τὴν δὲ κάμηλον καταπίνοντες!
25 Ουαί εις εσάς, γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι, υποκριταί, διότι καθαρίζετε το έξωθεν του ποτηρίου και του πινακίου, έσωθεν όμως γέμουσιν εξ αρπαγής και ακρασίας.
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.
25 Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι καθαρίζετε τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ ἀδικίας.
26 Φαρισαίε τυφλέ, καθάρισον πρώτον το εντός του ποτηρίου και του πινακίου, διά να γείνη και το εκτός αυτών καθαρόν.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
26 Φαρισαῖε τυφλέ, καθάρισον πρῶτον τὸ ἐντὸς τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος, ἵνα γένηται καὶ τὸ ἐκτὸς αὐτῶν καθαρόν.
27 Ουαί εις εσάς, γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί, διότι ομοιάζετε με τάφους ασβεστωμένους, οίτινες έξωθεν μεν φαίνονται ωραίοι, έσωθεν όμως γέμουσιν οστέων νεκρών και πάσης ακαθαρσίας.
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.
27 Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι παρομοιάζετε τάφοις κεκονιαμένοις, οἵτινες ἔξωθεν μὲν φαίνονται ὡραῖοι, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ὀστέων νεκρῶν καὶ πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας.
28 Ούτω και σεις έξωθεν μεν φαίνεσθε εις τους ανθρώπους δίκαιοι, έσωθεν όμως είσθε πλήρεις υποκρίσεως και ανομίας.
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
28 οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔξωθεν μὲν φαίνεσθε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις δίκαιοι, ἔσωθεν δὲ μεστοί ἐστε ὑποκρίσεως καὶ ἀνομίας.
29 Ουαί εις εσάς, γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί· διότι οικοδομείτε τους τάφους των προφητών και στολίζετε τα μνημεία των δικαίων,
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
29 Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι οἰκοδομεῖτε τοὺς τάφους τῶν προφητῶν καὶ κοσμεῖτε τὰ μνημεῖα τῶν δικαίων,
30 και λέγετε· Εάν ήμεθα εν ταις ημέραις των πατέρων ημών, δεν ηθέλομεν είσθαι συγκοινωνοί αυτών εν τω αίματι των προφητών.
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.’
30 καὶ λέγετε· εἰ ἦμεν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, οὐκ ἂν ἦμεν κοινωνοὶ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι τῶν προφητῶν.
31 Ώστε μαρτυρείτε εις εαυτούς ότι είσθε υιοί των φονευσάντων τους προφήτας.
31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
31 ὥστε μαρτυρεῖτε ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι υἱοί ἐστε τῶν φονευσάντων τοὺς προφήτας.
32 Αναπληρώσατε και σεις το μέτρον των πατέρων σας.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
32 καὶ ὑμεῖς πληρώσατε τὸ μέτρον τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν.
33 Όφεις, γεννήματα εχιδνών· πως θέλετε φύγει από της καταδίκης της γεέννης;
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
33 ὄφεις, γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν! πῶς φύγητε ἀπὸ τῆς κρίσεως τῆς γεέννης;
34 Διά τούτο ιδού, εγώ αποστέλλω προς εσάς προφήτας και σοφούς και γραμματείς, και εξ αυτών θέλετε θανατώσει και σταυρώσει, και εξ αυτών θέλετε μαστιγώσει εν ταις συναγωγαίς σας και διώξει από πόλεως εις πόλιν,
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,
34 διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω πρὸς ὑμᾶς προφήτας καὶ σοφοὺς καὶ γραμματεῖς, καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποκτενεῖτε καὶ σταυρώσετε, καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν μαστιγώσετε ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς ὑμῶν καὶ διώξετε ἀπὸ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν,
35 διά να έλθη εφ' υμάς παν αίμα δίκαιον εκχυνόμενον επί της γης από του αίματος Άβελ του δικαίου έως του αίματος Ζαχαρίου υιού Βαραχίου, τον οποίον εφονεύσατε μεταξύ του ναού και του θυσιαστηρίου.
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.
35 ὅπως ἔλθῃ ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς πᾶν αἷμα δίκαιον ἐκχυνόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἄβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου, ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.
36 Αληθώς σας λέγω, Πάντα ταύτα θέλουσιν ελθεί επί την γενεάν ταύτην.
36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
36 ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἥξει ταῦτα πάντα ἐπὶ τὴν γενεὰν ταύτην.
37 Ιερουσαλήμ, Ιερουσαλήμ, η φονεύουσα τους προφήτας και λιθοβολούσα τους απεσταλμένους προς σέ· ποσάκις ηθέλησα να συνάξω τα τέκνα σου καθ' ον τρόπον συνάγει η όρνις τα ορνίθια εαυτής υπό τας πτέρυγας, και δεν ηθελήσατε.
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!
37 Ἱερουσαλὴμ Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἡ ἀποκτέννουσα τοὺς προφήτας καὶ λιθοβολοῦσα τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους πρὸς αὐτήν! ποσάκις ἠθέλησα ἐπισυναγαγεῖν τὰ τέκνα σου ὃν τρόπον ἐπισυνάγει ὄρνις τὰ νοσσία ἑαυτῆς ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας, καὶ οὐκ ἠθελήσατε.
38 Ιδού, αφίνεται εις εσάς ο οίκός σας έρημος.
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
38 ἰδοὺ ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν ἔρημος.
39 Διότι σας λέγω, δεν θέλετε με ιδεί εις το εξής, εωσού είπητε, Ευλογημένος ο ερχόμενος εν ονόματι Κυρίου.
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!’”
39 λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, οὐ μή με ἴδητε ἀπ᾽ ἄρτι ἕως ἂν εἴπητε, εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου.
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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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What the Fathers said
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“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).
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)