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Mateo 19 Biblia en griego moderno: Vamvas (1850)
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Notas sobre este texto (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).
Vamvas Biblia en griego moderno: Vamvas (1850)
WEB World English Bible (clásica, con deuterocanónicos)
PT1904 Texto Patriarcal 1904 (acentuado, edición de eBible)
1 Και ότε ετελείωσεν ο Ιησούς τους λόγους τούτους, ανεχώρησεν από της Γαλιλαίας και ήλθεν εις τα όρια της Ιουδαίας πέραν του Ιορδάνου.
1 When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
1 Καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἐτέλεσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς λόγους τούτους μετῆρεν ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὰ ὅρια τῆς Ἰουδαίας πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.
2 Και ηκολούθησαν αυτόν όχλοι πολλοί, και εθεράπευσεν αυτούς εκεί.
2 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
2 καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοί, καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ.
3 Και ήλθον προς αυτόν οι Φαρισαίοι, πειράζοντες αυτόν και λέγοντες προς αυτόν· Συγχωρείται εις τον άνθρωπον να χωρισθή την γυναίκα αυτού διά πάσαν αιτίαν;
3 Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
3 Καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι πειράζοντες αὐτὸν καὶ λέγοντες αὐτῷ· εἰ ἔξεστιν ἀνθρώπῳ ἀπολῦσαι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ κατὰ πᾶσαν αἰτίαν;
4 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε προς αυτούς· Δεν ανεγνώσατε ότι ο πλάσας απ' αρχής άρσεν και θήλυ έπλασεν αυτούς
4 He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
4 ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ὅτι ὁ ποιήσας ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπεν,
5 και είπεν, Ένεκεν τούτου θέλει αφήσει άνθρωπος τον πατέρα και την μητέρα και θέλει προσκολληθή εις την γυναίκα αυτού, και θέλουσιν είσθαι οι δύο εις σάρκα μίαν;
5 and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?
5 ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ κολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν;
6 Ώστε δεν είναι πλέον δύο, αλλά μία σαρξ. Εκείνο λοιπόν το οποίον ο Θεός συνέζευξεν, άνθρωπος ας μη χωρίζη.
6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
6 ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶ δύο, ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία. ὃ οὖν ὁ Θεὸς συνέζευξεν, ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω.
7 Λέγουσι προς αυτόν· Διά τι λοιπόν ο Μωϋσής προσέταξε να δώση έγγραφον διαζυγίου και να χωρισθή αυτήν;
7 They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”
7 λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· τί οὖν Μωσῆς ἐνετείλατο δοῦναι βιβλίον ἀποστασίου καὶ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτήν;
8 Λέγει προς αυτούς· Διότι ο Μωϋσής διά την σκληροκαρδίαν σας συνεχώρησεν εις εσάς να χωρίζησθε τας γυναίκάς σας· απ' αρχής όμως δεν έγεινεν ούτω.
8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
8 λέγει αὐτοῖς· ὅτι Μωσῆς πρὸς τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν ἐπέτρεψεν ὑμῖν ἀπολῦσαι τὰς γυναῖκας ὑμῶν· ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς δὲ οὐ γέγονεν οὕτω.
9 Σας λέγω δε ότι όστις χωρισθή την γυναίκα αυτού εκτός διά πορνείαν και νυμφευθή άλλην, γίνεται μοιχός· και όστις νυμφευθή γυναίκα κεχωρισμένην, γίνεται μοιχός.
9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
9 λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι ὃς ἂν ἀπολύσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐπὶ πορνείᾳ καὶ γαμήσῃ ἄλλην, μοιχᾶται· καὶ ὁ ἀπολελυμένην γαμήσας μοιχᾶται.
10 Λέγουσι προς αυτόν οι μαθηταί αυτού· Εάν ούτως έχη η υποχρέωσις του ανδρός προς την γυναίκα, δεν συμφέρει να νυμφευθή.
10 His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
10 λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ· εἰ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ αἰτία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός, οὐ συμφέρει γαμῆσαι.
11 Ο δε είπε προς αυτούς· Δεν δύνανται πάντες να δεχθώσι τον λόγον τούτον, αλλ' εις όσους είναι δεδομένον.
11 But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.
11 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐ πάντες χωροῦσι τὸν λόγον τοῦτον, ἀλλ᾽ οἷς δέδοται·
12 Διότι είναι ευνούχοι, οίτινες εκ κοιλίας μητρός εγεννήθησαν ούτω, και είναι ευνούχοι, οίτινες ευνουχίσθησαν υπό των ανθρώπων, και είναι ευνούχοι, οίτινες ευνούχισαν εαυτούς διά την βασιλείαν των ουρανών. Όστις δύναται να δεχθή τούτο, ας δεχθή.
12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”
12 εἰσὶ γὰρ εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς ἐγεννήθησαν οὕτω. καὶ εἰσὶν εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες εὐνουχίσθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ εἰσὶν εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες εὐνούχισαν ἑαυτοὺς διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν. ὁ δυνάμενος χωρεῖν χωρείτω.
13 Τότε εφέρθησαν προς αυτόν παιδία, διά να επιθέση τας χείρας επ' αυτά και να ευχηθή· οι δε μαθηταί επέπληξαν αυτά.
13 Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
13 Τότε προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ παιδία, ἵνα ἐπιθῇ αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ προσεύξηται· οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἐπετίμησαν αὐτοῖς.
14 Πλην ο Ιησούς είπεν· Αφήσατε τα παιδία και μη εμποδίζετε αυτά να έλθωσι προς εμέ· διότι των τοιούτων είναι η βασιλεία των ουρανών.
14 But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
14 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· ἄφετε τὰ παιδία καὶ μὴ κωλύετε αὐτὰ ἐλθεῖν πρός με· τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.
15 Και αφού επέθηκεν επ' αυτά τας χείρας, ανεχώρησεν εκείθεν.
15 He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
15 καὶ ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῖς ἐπορεύθη ἐκεῖθεν.
16 Και ιδού, προσελθών τις είπε προς αυτόν· Διδάσκαλε αγαθέ, τι καλόν να πράξω διά να έχω ζωήν αιώνιον;
16 Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
16 Καὶ ἰδοὺ εἷς προσελθὼν εἶπεν αὐτῷ· διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω ἵνα ἔχω ζωὴν αἰώνιον;
17 Ο δε είπε προς αυτόν· Τι με λέγεις αγαθόν; ουδείς αγαθός ειμή εις, ο Θεός. Αλλ' εάν θέλης να εισέλθης εις την ζωήν, φύλαξον τας εντολάς.
17 He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
17 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ Θεός. εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωήν, τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς.
18 Λέγει προς αυτόν· Ποίας; Και ο Ιησούς είπε· Το μη φονεύσης, μη μοιχεύσης, μη κλέψης, μη ψευδομαρτυρήσης,
18 He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’
18 λέγει αὐτῷ· ποίας; ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπε· τὸ οὐ φονεύσεις, οὐ μοιχεύσεις, οὐ κλέψεις, οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις,
19 τίμα τον πατέρα σου και την μητέρα, και θέλεις αγαπά τον πλησίον σου ως σεαυτόν.
19 ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
19 τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.
20 Λέγει προς αυτόν ο νεανίσκος· Πάντα ταύτα εφύλαξα εκ νεότητός μου· τι μοι λείπει έτι;
20 The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”
20 λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ νεανίσκος· πάντα ταῦτα ἐφυλαξάμην ἐκ νεότητός μου· τί ἔτι ὑστερῶ;
21 Είπε προς αυτόν ο Ιησούς· Εάν θέλης να ήσαι τέλειος, ύπαγε, πώλησον τα υπάρχοντά σου και δος εις πτωχούς, και θέλεις έχει θησαυρόν εν ουρανώ, και ελθέ, ακολούθει μοι.
21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
21 ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· εἰ θέλεις τέλειος εἶναι, ὕπαγε πώλησόν σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ δὸς πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι.
22 Ακούσας δε ο νεανίσκος τον λόγον, ανεχώρησε λυπούμενος· διότι είχε κτήματα πολλά.
22 But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.
22 ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ νεανίσκος τὸν λόγον ἀπῆλθε λυπούμενος· ἦν γὰρ ἔχων κτήματα πολλά.
23 Και ο Ιησούς είπε προς τους μαθητάς αυτού· Αληθώς σας λέγω ότι δυσκόλως θέλει εισέλθει πλούσιος εις την βασιλείαν των ουρανών.
23 Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
23 Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι δυσκόλως πλούσιος εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.
24 Και πάλιν σας λέγω, Ευκολώτερον είναι να περάση κάμηλος διά τρυπήματος βελόνης παρά πλούσιος να εισέλθη εις την βασιλείαν του Θεού.
24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
24 πάλιν δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστι κάμηλον διὰ τρυπήματος ῥαφίδος διελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
25 Ακούσαντες δε οι μαθηταί αυτού εξεπλήττοντο σφόδρα, λέγοντες· Τις λοιπόν δύναται να σωθή;
25 When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
25 ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐξεπλήσσοντο σφόδρα λέγοντες· τίς ἄρα δύναται σωθῆναι;
26 Εμβλέψας δε ο Ιησούς, είπε προς αυτούς· Παρά ανθρώποις τούτο αδύνατον είναι, παρά τω Θεώ όμως τα πάντα είναι δυνατά.
26 Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
26 ἐμβλέψας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· παρὰ ἀνθρώποις τοῦτο ἀδύνατόν ἐστι, παρὰ δὲ Θεῷ πάντα δυνατά ἐστι.
27 Τότε αποκριθείς ο Πέτρος, είπε προς αυτόν· Ιδού, ημείς αφήκαμεν πάντα και σοι ηκολουθήσαμεν· τι λοιπόν θέλει είσθαι εις ημάς;
27 Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”
27 Τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι· τί ἄρα ἔσται ἡμῖν;
28 Ο δε Ιησούς είπε προς αυτούς· Αληθώς σας λέγω ότι σεις οι ακολουθήσαντές μοι, εν τη παλιγγενεσία, όταν καθήση ο Υιός του ανθρώπου επί του θρόνου της δόξης αυτού, θέλετε καθήσει και σεις επί δώδεκα θρόνους κρίνοντες τας δώδεκα φυλάς του Ισραήλ.
28 Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
28 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὑμεῖς οἱ ἀκολουθήσαντές μοι, ἐν τῇ παλιγγενεσίᾳ, ὅταν καθίσῃ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης αὐτοῦ, καθίσεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπὶ δώδεκα θρόνους κρίνοντες τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
29 Και πας όστις αφήκεν οικίας ή αδελφούς ή αδελφάς ή πατέρα ή μητέρα ή γυναίκα ή τέκνα ή αγρούς ένεκεν του ονόματός μου, εκατονταπλάσια θέλει λάβει και ζωήν αιώνιον θέλει κληρονομήσει.
29 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
29 καὶ πᾶς ὃς ἀφῆκεν οἰκίας ἢ ἀδελφοὺς ἢ ἀδελφὰς ἢ πατέρα ἢ μητέρα ἢ γυναῖκα ἢ τέκνα ἢ ἀγροὺς ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός μου, ἑκατονταπλασίονα λήψεται καὶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσει.
30 Πολλοί όμως πρώτοι θέλουσιν είσθαι έσχατοι και έσχατοι πρώτοι.
30 But many will be last who are first, and first who are last.
30 Πολλοὶ δὲ ἔσονται πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι καὶ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι.
Referencias cruzadas (30)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Juan 10:40; Mateo 19:1–9; Marcos 10:1–12; Mateo 7:28
- 2 Mateo 12:15; Mateo 15:30–31; Mateo 9:35–36; Mateo 4:23–25; Marcos 6:55–56
- 3 Marcos 10:2; Hebreos 3:9; Lucas 11:53–54; Marcos 12:15; Mateo 5:31–32
- 4 Génesis 2:23; Génesis 1:27; Génesis 5:2; Lucas 10:26; Malaquías 2:15
- 5 Génesis 2:21–24; 1 Corintios 7:4; 1 Corintios 7:2; Efesios 5:31; Marcos 10:5–9
- 6 Marcos 10:9; Hebreos 13:4; Romanos 7:2; 1 Corintios 7:10–14; Efesios 5:28
- 7 Deuteronomio 24:1–4; Mateo 5:31; Marcos 10:4; Malaquías 2:16; Mateo 1:19
- 8 Malaquías 2:13–14; Génesis 2:24; Zacarías 7:12; Jeremías 6:16; Marcos 10:5
- 9 Mateo 5:32; Lucas 16:18; 1 Corintios 7:39; 1 Corintios 7:10–13; Marcos 10:11–12
- 10 1 Corintios 7:32–35; 1 Corintios 7:8; Proverbios 19:13–14; 1 Corintios 7:1–2; Proverbios 21:9
- 11 1 Corintios 7:17; Mateo 13:11; 1 Corintios 7:2; 1 Corintios 7:35; 1 Corintios 7:7–9
- 12 1 Corintios 7:32–38; 1 Corintios 9:5; Isaías 56:3–4; Isaías 39:7; 1 Corintios 9:15
- 13 Marcos 10:13–16; Lucas 18:15–17; Mateo 18:2–5; Hechos 2:39; 1 Corintios 7:14
- 14 Mateo 18:3; Lucas 18:16–17; 1 Corintios 14:20; Marcos 10:14; Mateo 11:25
- 15 Marcos 10:16; 1 Corintios 7:14; Isaías 40:11; 2 Timoteo 3:15
- 16 Marcos 10:17–30; Juan 3:15; Lucas 18:18–30; Judas 21; Mateo 25:46
- 17 Levítico 18:5; Gálatas 3:11–13; Lucas 10:26–28; Romanos 10:5; 1 Samuel 2:2
- 18 Deuteronomio 5:16–21; Éxodo 20:12–17; Marcos 10:19; Lucas 18:20; Santiago 2:10–11
- 19 Levítico 19:18; Éxodo 20:12; Mateo 22:39; Deuteronomio 5:16; Efesios 6:1–2
- 20 Gálatas 3:24; Marcos 10:20–21; Filipenses 3:6; Lucas 18:11–12; Lucas 18:21–22
- 21 Marcos 10:21; Lucas 18:22; Lucas 12:33; Hechos 2:45; Lucas 14:33
- 22 Ezequiel 33:31; Mateo 6:24; Mateo 13:22; Efesios 5:5; Marcos 10:22
- 23 1 Timoteo 6:9–10; Mateo 13:22; Marcos 10:23; Lucas 18:24; Santiago 5:1–4
- 24 Juan 5:44; Lucas 18:25; Marcos 10:24–25; Jeremías 13:23; Mateo 19:26
- 25 Romanos 10:13; Mateo 24:22; Marcos 13:20; Lucas 13:23–24; Romanos 11:5–7
- 26 Jeremías 32:27; Lucas 1:37; Job 42:2; Marcos 10:27; Lucas 18:27
- 27 Filipenses 3:8; Lucas 18:28; Lucas 5:11; Marcos 1:17–20; Lucas 15:29
- 28 Lucas 22:28–30; 1 Corintios 6:2–3; Mateo 25:31; Apocalipsis 20:4; Isaías 65:17
- 29 Lucas 18:29–30; Marcos 10:29–30; Filipenses 3:8; Lucas 14:26; Mateo 16:25
- 30 Mateo 20:16; Lucas 13:30; Marcos 10:31; Mateo 21:31–32; Lucas 18:13–14
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We heard in the Gospel that the Lord, rejoicing greatly in Spirit, said unto God the Father, "I confess to Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Having constantly left Judæa on account of the envy of those men, now He frequents it from this time forth, because the passion was to be nigh at hand; He goeth not up, however, unto Jerusalem for a while, but "into the coasts of Judæa." "And," when He was come, "great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them."
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… her that is divorced from another husband, committeth adultery." And, "There are some who have been made eunuchs of men, and some who were born eunuchs, and some who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake; but all cannot receive this saying." So that all who, by human law, are twice married, are in the eye of …
For this reason did the Lord declare that the first should in truth be last, and the last first. And the prophet, too, indicates the same, saying, "instead of fathers, children have been born unto thee." For the Lord, having been born "the First-begotten of the dead," and receiving into His bosom the ancient fathers, has regenerated them into the …
… how he may please the Lord; but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife." I should, therefore, have listened more attentively to these words, and, being severed "for the kingdom of heaven's sake," I would with greater happiness have expected Thy embraces.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)