Matthew · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Matthew 7 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).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Μη κρίνετε, διά να μη κριθήτε·
1 “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.
1 Μὴ κρίνετε, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε·
2 διότι με οποίαν κρίσιν κρίνετε θέλετε κριθή, και με οποίον μέτρον μετρείτε θέλει αντιμετρηθή εις εσάς.
2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
2 ἐν ᾧ γὰρ κρίματι κρίνετε κριθήσεσθε, καὶ ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.
3 Και διά τι βλέπεις το ξυλάριον το εν τω οφθαλμώ του αδελφού σου, την δε δοκόν την εν τω οφθαλμώ σου δεν παρατηρείς;
3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?
3 τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς;
4 Η πως θέλεις ειπεί προς τον αδελφόν σου, Άφες να εκβάλω το ξυλάριον από του οφθαλμού σου, ενώ η δοκός είναι εν τω οφθαλμώ σου;
4 Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
4 ἢ πῶς ἐρεῖς τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου, ἄφες ἐκβάλω τὸ κάρφος ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ δοκὸς ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ σου;
5 Υποκριτά, έκβαλε πρώτον την δοκόν εκ του οφθαλμού σου, και τότε θέλεις ιδεί καθαρώς διά να εκβάλης το ξυλάριον εκ του οφθαλμού του αδελφού σου.
5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.
5 ὑποκριτά, ἔκβαλε πρῶτον τὴν δοκὸν ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου, καὶ τότε διαβλέψεις ἐκβαλεῖν τὸ κάρφος ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου.
6 Μη δώσητε το άγιον εις τους κύνας μηδέ ρίψητε τους μαργαρίτας σας έμπροσθεν των χοίρων, μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αυτούς με τους πόδας αυτών και στραφέντες σας διασχίσωσιν.
6 “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
6 Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσὶ μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων, μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς.
7 Αιτείτε, και θέλει σας δοθή· ζητείτε, και θέλετε ευρεί, κρούετε, και θέλει σας ανοιχθή.
7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
7 Αἰτεῖτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν, ζητεῖτε, καὶ εὑρήσετε, κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν·
8 Διότι πας ο αιτών λαμβάνει και ο ζητών ευρίσκει και εις τον κρούοντα θέλει ανοιχθή.
8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
8 πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται.
9 Η τις άνθρωπος είναι από σας, όστις εάν ο υιός αυτού ζητήση άρτον, μήπως θέλει δώσει εις αυτόν λίθον;
9 Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
9 ἢ τίς ἐστιν ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνθρωπος, ὃν ἐὰν αἰτήσῃ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἄρτον, μὴ λίθον ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ;
10 και εάν ζητήση οψάριον, μήπως θέλει δώσει εις αυτόν όφιν;
10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
10 καὶ ἐὰν ἰχθὺν αἰτήσῃ, μὴ ὄφιν ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ;
11 εάν λοιπόν σεις, πονηροί όντες, εξεύρητε να δίδητε καλάς δόσεις εις τα τέκνα σας, πόσω μάλλον ο Πατήρ σας ο εν τοις ουρανοίς θέλει δώσει αγαθά εις τους ζητούντας παρ' αυτού;
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
11 εἰ οὖν ὑμεῖς, πονηροὶ ὄντες, οἴδατε δόματα ἀγαθὰ διδόναι τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς δώσει ἀγαθὰ τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν;
12 Λοιπόν πάντα όσα αν θέλητε να κάμνωσιν εις εσάς οι άνθρωποι, ούτω και σεις κάμνετε εις αυτούς· διότι ούτος είναι ο νόμος και οι προφήται.
12 Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
12 Πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἂν θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς· οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται.
13 Εισέλθετε διά της στενής πύλης· διότι πλατεία είναι η πύλη και ευρύχωρος η οδός η φέρουσα εις την απώλειαν, και πολλοί είναι οι εισερχόμενοι δι' αυτής.
13 “Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.
13 Εἰσέλθετε διὰ τῆς στενῆς πύλης· ὅτι πλατεῖα ἡ πύλη καὶ εὐρύχωρος ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τὴν ἀπώλειαν, καὶ πολλοί εἰσιν οἱ εἰσερχόμενοι δι᾽ αὐτῆς.
14 Επειδή στενή είναι η πύλη και τεθλιμμένη η οδός η φέρουσα εις την ζωήν, και ολίγοι είναι οι ευρίσκοντες αυτήν.
14 How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.
14 τί στενὴ ἡ πύλη καὶ τεθλιμμένη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τὴν ζωήν, καὶ ὀλίγοι εἰσὶν οἱ εὑρίσκοντες αὐτήν!
15 Προσέχετε δε από των ψευδοπροφητών, οίτινες έρχονται προς εσάς με ενδύματα προβάτων, έσωθεν όμως είναι λύκοι άρπαγες.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
15 Προσέχετε δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν, οἵτινες ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύμασι προβάτων, ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσι λύκοι ἅρπαγες.
16 Από των καρπών αυτών θέλετε γνωρίσει αυτούς. Μήποτε συνάγουσιν από ακανθών σταφύλια ή από τριβόλων σύκα;
16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
16 ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὴν ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
17 ούτω παν δένδρον καλόν κάμνει καλούς καρπούς, το δε σαπρόν δένδρον κάμνει κακούς καρπούς.
17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
17 οὕτω πᾶν δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖ, τὸ δὲ σαπρὸν δένδρον καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖ.
18 Δεν δύναται δένδρον καλόν να κάμνη καρπούς κακούς, ουδέ δένδρον σαπρόν να κάμνη καρπούς καλούς.
18 A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
18 οὐ δύναται δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖν, οὐδὲ δένδρον σαπρὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖν.
19 Παν δένδρον μη κάμνον καρπόν καλόν εκκόπτεται και εις πυρ βάλλεται.
19 Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
19 πᾶν δένδρον μὴ ποιοῦν καρπὸν καλὸν ἐκκόπτεται καὶ εἰς πῦρ βάλλεται.
20 Άρα από των καρπών αυτών θέλετε γνωρίσει αυτούς.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
20 ἄραγε ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς.
21 Δεν θέλει εισέλθει εις την βασιλείαν των ουρανών πας ο λέγων προς εμέ, Κύριε, Κύριε, αλλ' ο πράττων το θέλημα του Πατρός μου του εν τοις ουρανοίς.
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
21 Οὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι Κύριε Κύριε, εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.
22 Πολλοί θέλουσιν ειπεί προς εμέ εν εκείνη τη ημέρα, Κύριε, Κύριε, δεν προεφητεύσαμεν εν τω ονόματί σου, και εν τω ονόματί σου εξεβάλομεν δαιμόνια, και εν τω ονόματί σου εκάμομεν θαύματα πολλά;
22 Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’
22 πολλοὶ ἐροῦσί μοι ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ· Κύριε Κύριε, οὐ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι προεφητεύσαμεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δαιμόνια ἐξεβάλομεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δυνάμεις πολλὰς ἐποιήσαμεν;
23 Και τότε θέλω ομολογήσει προς αυτούς ότι ποτέ δεν σας εγνώρισα· φεύγετε απ' εμού οι εργαζόμενοι την ανομίαν.
23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
23 καὶ τότε ὁμολογήσω αὐτοῖς ὅτι οὐδέποτε ἔγνων ὑμᾶς· ἀποχωρεῖτε ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν.
24 Πας λοιπόν όστις ακούει τους λόγους μου τούτους και κάμνει αυτούς, θέλω ομοιώσει αυτόν με άνδρα φρόνιμον, όστις ωκοδόμησε την οικίαν αυτού επί την πέτραν·
24 “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
24 Πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ἀκούει μου τοὺς λόγους τούτους καὶ ποιεῖ αὐτούς, ὁμοιώσω αὐτὸν ἀνδρὶ φρονίμῳ, ὅστις ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν·
25 και κατέβη η βροχή και ήλθον οι ποταμοί και έπνευσαν οι άνεμοι και προσέβαλον εις την οικίαν εκείνην, και δεν έπεσε· διότι ήτο τεθεμελιωμένη επί την πέτραν.
25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.
25 καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι καὶ προσέπεσον τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ἔπεσε· τεθεμελίωτο γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν.
26 Και πας ο ακούων τους λόγους μου τούτους και μη κάμνων αυτούς θέλει ομοιωθή με άνδρα μωρόν, όστις ωκοδόμησε την οικίαν αυτού επί την άμμον·
26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
26 καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἀκούων μου τοὺς λόγους τούτους καὶ μὴ ποιῶν αὐτοὺς ὁμοιωθήσεται ἀνδρὶ μωρῷ, ὅστις ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν ἄμμον·
27 και κατέβη η βροχή και ήλθον οι ποταμοί και έπνευσαν οι άνεμοι και προσέβαλον εις την οικίαν εκείνην, και έπεσε, και ήτο η πτώσις αυτής μεγάλη.
27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell—and its fall was great.”
27 καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι καὶ προσέκοψαν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἔπεσε, καὶ ἦν ἡ πτῶσις αὐτῆς μεγάλη.
28 Ότε δε ετελείωσεν ο Ιησούς τους λόγους τούτους, εξεπλήττοντο οι όχλοι διά την διδαχήν αυτού·
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
28 Καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε συνετέλεσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς λόγους τούτους, ἐξεπλήσσοντο οἱ ὄχλοι ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ·
29 διότι εδίδασκεν αυτούς ως έχων εξουσίαν, και ουχί ως οι γραμματείς.
29 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
29 ἦν γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων, καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ γραμματεῖς.
Cross references (27)
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- 1 Luke 6:37; Romans 2:1–2; James 4:11–12; Luke 6:41; Romans 14:10–13
- 2 James 2:13; Mark 4:24; Obadiah 15; Luke 6:38; Psalm 18:25–26
- 3 John 8:7–9; Galatians 6:1; Luke 6:41–42; 2 Samuel 12:5–6; Luke 18:11
- 5 Luke 6:42; Psalm 51:9–13; Matthew 23:13–28; Luke 13:15; Luke 4:23
- 6 Proverbs 9:7–8; Proverbs 23:9; Matthew 10:14–15; Proverbs 26:11; Matthew 15:26
- 7 Matthew 21:22; 1 John 3:22; John 15:7; Mark 11:24; Psalm 145:18–19
- 8 Psalm 81:10; Psalm 81:16; Luke 23:42–43; Matthew 15:22–28; Acts 9:11
- 9 Luke 11:11–13
- 11 Luke 11:11–13; James 1:17; Romans 8:32; Psalm 84:11; Isaiah 49:15
- 12 Luke 6:31; Romans 13:8–10; Galatians 5:13–14; Leviticus 19:18; Mark 12:29–34
- 13 Luke 13:24–25; Proverbs 16:25; John 14:6; John 10:9; Isaiah 55:7
- 14 Luke 13:23–30; Matthew 22:14; Matthew 16:24–25; Romans 12:2; Isaiah 35:8
- 15 1 John 4:1; Matthew 24:11; 2 Peter 2:1–3; Acts 20:29–31; Mark 13:22–23
- 16 Luke 6:43–45; James 3:12; Matthew 12:33; Matthew 7:20; 2 Peter 2:10–18
- 17 Matthew 12:33–35; Galatians 5:22–24; Ephesians 5:9; Psalm 1:3; Colossians 1:10
- 18 Galatians 5:17; 1 John 3:9–10
- 19 Matthew 3:10; John 15:2–6; Luke 3:9; Hebrews 6:8; Luke 13:6–9
- 20 Matthew 7:16
- 21 Romans 2:13; Luke 6:46; James 1:22; Luke 11:28; Titus 1:16
- 22 Luke 13:25–27; 1 Corinthians 13:1–2; Malachi 3:17–18; Hebrews 6:4–6; Acts 19:13–15
- 23 Matthew 25:41; Psalm 6:8; Luke 13:27; Luke 13:25; Matthew 25:12
- 24 Luke 6:47–49; John 13:17; Luke 11:28; 1 Corinthians 3:10–11; James 2:17–26
- 25 James 1:12; Psalm 125:1–2; 1 Peter 1:7; Colossians 2:7; 1 Peter 1:5
- 26 Jeremiah 8:9; Luke 6:49; James 2:20; Proverbs 14:1; 1 Samuel 2:30
- 27 Matthew 13:19–22; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 2 Peter 2:20–22; Hebrews 10:26–31; Matthew 12:43–45
- 28 Luke 4:32; Mark 1:22; John 7:46; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:22
- 29 Hebrews 4:12–13; Isaiah 50:4; Luke 20:8; Luke 20:46–47; Deuteronomy 18:18–19
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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).
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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).
In the lesson of the Holy Gospel the Lord hath exhorted us to prayer. "Ask," saith He, "and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
What then? Ought we not to blame them that sin? Because Paul also saith this selfsame thing: or rather, there too it is Christ, speaking by Paul, and saying, "Why dost thou judge thy brother?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… all unrighteousness, covetousness, love of money, evil speaking, false witness; "not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing," or blow for blow, or cursing for cursing, but being mindful of what the Lord said in His teaching: "Judge not, that ye be not judged; forgive, and it shall be forgiven unto you; be merciful, that ye may obtain mercy; …
It was, [they affirm,] concerning these that the Lord said, "Seek, and ye shall find," that is, that they should inquire how Nous and Aletheia proceeded from Bythus and Sage; whether Logos and Zoe again derive their origin from these and then, whether Anthropos and Ecclesia proceed from Logos and Zoe.
or how shall they believe without a preacher?" And those who seek the Lord shall praise Him. For those who seek shall find Him, and those who find Him shall praise Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)