Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples
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Matthew 23
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Saying, On the seat of Moses the scribes and the Pharisees have sat.
πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν ποιήσατε καὶ τηρεῖτε, κατὰ δὲ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν μὴ ποιεῖτε, λέγουσιν γὰρ καὶ οὐ ποιοῦσιν.
Therefore, do all that they tell you to do and keep, but do not do according to their works, for they say but do not do.
δεσμεύουσιν δὲ φορτία βαρέα καὶ ἐπιτιθέασιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, αὐτοὶ δὲ τῷ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσιν κινῆσαι αὐτά.
They tie up heavy burdens and put them on the shoulders of people, but they themselves are unwilling to move them even with their finger.
πάντα δὲ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν ποιοῦσιν πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις· πλατύνουσι γὰρ τὰ φυλακτήρια αὐτῶν καὶ μεγαλύνουσι τὰ κράσπεδα,
But all their works they do to be seen by people; for they widen their phylacteries and enlarge their tassels,
They love the place of honor at dinners and the first seats in the synagogues.
and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called by people Rabbi.
But do not be called Rabbi, for one is your teacher, and all of you are brothers.
And do not call anyone on earth father, for one is your Father, the one in heaven.
Do not be called teachers, because one teacher you have, the Christ.
But the greater among you will be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Οὐαὶ δὲ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι κλείετε τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ὑμεῖς γὰρ οὐκ εἰσέρχεσθε, οὐδὲ τοὺς εἰσερχομένους ἀφίετε εἰσελθεῖν.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of the heavens in front of people; for you do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel over sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοὶ οἱ λέγοντες· Ὃς ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ ναῷ, οὐδέν ἐστιν, ὃς δ' ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ χρυσῷ τοῦ ναοῦ ὀφείλει.
Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.
Foolish and blind, which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
And whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it is obligated.
Blind ones, for what is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Therefore, the one who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
And the one who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.
And the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by the one sitting on it.
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 τὸ ἔλεος καὶ τὴν πίστιν· ταῦτα ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μὴ ἀφιέναι.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you tithe the dill and the cumin and the cumin, and you have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these things you ought to have done, and not to leave the others undone.
Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but swallow the camel.
Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι καθαρίζετε τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ ἀκρασίας.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.
Φαρισαῖε τυφλέ, καθάρισον πρῶτον τὸ ἐντὸς τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος, ἵνα γένηται καὶ τὸ ἐκτὸς αὐτοῦ καθαρόν.
Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside of them also may become clean.
Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι παρομοιάζετε τάφοις κεκονιαμένοις, οἵτινες ἔξωθεν μὲν φαίνονται ὡραῖοι ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ὀστέων νεκρῶν καὶ πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας·
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead bones and all uncleanness.
οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔξωθεν μὲν φαίνεσθε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις δίκαιοι, ἔσωθεν δέ ἐστε μεστοὶ ὑποκρίσεως καὶ ἀνομίας.
So also you outwardly appear to people as righteous, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι οἰκοδομεῖτε τοὺς τάφους τῶν προφητῶν καὶ κοσμεῖτε τὰ μνημεῖα τῶν δικαίων,
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
καὶ λέγετε· Εἰ ἤμεθα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, οὐκ ἂν ἤμεθα αὐτῶν κοινωνοὶ ἐν τῷ αἵματι τῶν προφητῶν·
And you say, If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets.
So you testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophets.
And you will fill up the measure of your fathers.
You snakes, offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω πρὸς ὑμᾶς προφήτας καὶ σοφοὺς καὶ γραμματεῖς· ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποκτενεῖτε καὶ σταυρώσετε, καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν μαστιγώσετε ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς ὑμῶν καὶ διώξετε ἀπὸ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν·
Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes; from among them you will kill and crucify, and from among them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from city to city.
ὅπως ἔλθῃ ἐφ' ὑμᾶς πᾶν αἷμα δίκαιον ἐκχυννόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου, ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.
so that all righteous blood shed on the earth may come upon you, from the blood of Abel the righteous to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Ἰερουσαλὴμ Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἡ ἀποκτείνουσα τοὺς προφήτας καὶ λιθοβολοῦσα τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους πρὸς αὐτήν-- ποσάκις ἠθέλησα ἐπισυναγαγεῖν τὰ τέκνα σου, ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις ἐπισυνάγει τὰ νοσσία αὐτῆς ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας, καὶ οὐκ ἠθελήσατε;
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her—how often I wanted to gather your children, just as a bird gathers its chicks under its wings, and you were unwilling?
Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
For I say to you, you will not see me from now on until you say, Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.