Mat. 23 Matt. 23 Matt. 23 Mat. 23

1 Tunc Jesus locutus est ad turbas, et ad discipulos suos, 2 dicens : Super cathedram Moysi sederunt scribæ et pharisæi. ||||||||||||the chair||sat||| 3 Omnia ergo quæcumque dixerint vobis, servate, et facite : secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere : dicunt enim, et non faciunt. |||||keep||||||||||||| 3 Therefore observe and do all that they have told you: but do not do according to their works: for they say, and do not do. 4 Alligant enim onera gravia, et importabilia, et imponunt in humeros hominum : digito autem suo nolunt ea movere. |||||unbearable||they impose||shoulders|||||they are unwilling||to move 4 For they bind heavy and unbearable burdens and lay them on the shoulders of men: but they will not move them with their finger. 5 Omnia vero opera sua faciunt ut videantur ab hominibus : dilatant enim phylacteria sua, et magnificant fimbrias. ||||||they may be seen|||they widen||phylacteries|||they magnify|fringes 5 But all their works they do to be seen by men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge the borders of their garments. 6 Amant autem primos recubitus in cœnis, et primas cathedras in synagogis, 7 et salutationes in foro, et vocari ab hominibus Rabbi. |||||dinners||first|||||greetings||||to be called|||Rabbi 6 They love the best places at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, Rabbi. 8 Vos autem nolite vocari Rabbi : unus est enim magister vester, omnes autem vos fratres estis. ||||Rabbi|||||||||| 8 But you shall not be called Rabbi: for your teacher is one, but you are all brothers. 9 Et patrem nolite vocare vobis super terram : unus est enim pater vester qui in cælis est. 10 Nec vocemini magistri : quia magister vester unus est, Christus. |be called||||||| 11 Qui major est vestrum, erit minister vester. 11 He that is greater among you shall be your servant. 12 Qui autem se exaltaverit, humiliabitur : et qui se humiliaverit, exaltabitur. |||exalts||||||will be exalted

13 Væ autem vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia clauditis regnum cælorum ante homines ! ||||||||shut up|||| "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you close the kingdom of heaven to men!" vos enim non intratis, nec introëuntes sinitis intrare. |||||entering|you allow| for you do not enter, nor do you allow those who are entering to enter. 14 Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia comeditis domos viduarum, orationes longas orantes ! |||||||you consume|the houses|of widows|prayers|long| 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour the houses of widows, while pretending to pray for long! propter hoc amplius accipietis judicium. For this reason, you will receive the greater judgment. 15 Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia circuitis mare, et aridam, ut faciatis unum proselytum, et cum fuerit factus, facitis eum filium gehennæ duplo quam vos. |||||||you go around|||||||proselyte||||||||of hell|twice|| 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. 16 Væ vobis duces cæci, qui dicitis : Quicumque juraverit per templum, nihil est : qui autem juraverit in auro templi, debet. |||||||has sworn|||||||||gold||owes 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' 17 Stulti et cæci : quid enim majus est ? fools|||||| 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? aurum, an templum, quod sanctificat aurum ? ||||sanctifies| gold, or the temple that sanctifies gold? 18 Et quicumque juraverit in altari, nihil est : quicumque autem juraverit in dono, quod est super illud, debet. ||||the altar|||||||gift||||| 18 And whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing: but whoever swears by the gift that is upon it, is obligated. 19 Cæci : quid enim majus est, donum, an altare, quod sanctificat donum ? |||||gift|or|||| 19 Blind ones: for what is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Qui ergo jurat in altari, jurat in eo, et in omnibus quæ super illud sunt. ||swears|||||||||||| 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it and by all that is upon it. 21 Et quicumque juraverit in templo, jurat in illo, et in eo qui habitat in ipso : 22 et qui jurat in cælo, jurat in throno Dei, et in eo qui sedet super eum. |||||swears|||||||dwells||it||||||||the throne||||||sits|| 21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it: 22 and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. 23 Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, qui decimatis mentham, et anethum, et cyminum, et reliquistis quæ graviora sunt legis, judicium, et misericordiam, et fidem ! |||||||tithe|mint||dill||cumin||you have left behind||are heavier||of the law||||| 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith! hæc oportuit facere, et illa non omittere. ||||||omit It was necessary to do these things, and not to omit them. 24 Duces cæci, excolantes culicem, camelum autem glutientes. ||squeezing||||gluttons 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel. 25 Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia mundatis quod deforis est calicis et paropsidis ; intus autem pleni estis rapina et immunditia ! |||||||you cleanse||outside||of the cup||of the cup and of the plate|within||full||robbery||uncleanness 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence! 26 Pharisæe cæce, munda prius quod intus est calicis, et paropsidis, ut fiat id, quod deforis est, mundum. ||clean||||||||||it|||| 26 Woe to you, blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and the dish, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia similes estis sepulchris dealbatis, quæ a foris parent hominibus speciosa, intus vero pleni sunt ossibus mortuorum, et omni spurcitia ! |||||||you are||to sepulchers|whitewashed||||appear||beautiful|||||bones||||filth 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness! 28 Sic et vos a foris quidem paretis hominibus justi : intus autem pleni estis hypocrisi et iniquitate. ||||||you are pleasing|||||||hypocrisy||iniquity 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29 Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, qui ædificatis sepulchra prophetarum, et ornatis monumenta justorum, 30 et dicitis : Si fuissemus in diebus patrum nostrorum, non essemus socii eorum in sanguine prophetarum ! |||||||build|sepulchres|of the prophets||adorned|monuments|of the righteous||||we had been|||of our fathers|of our fathers||we were|partners|||blood| 31 itaque testimonio estis vobismetipsis, quia filii estis eorum, qui prophetas occiderunt. |witness||||||||prophets| 31 Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are sons of those who killed the prophets. 32 Et vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum. |||measure|| 32 And you, fill up the measure of your fathers. 33 Serpentes, genimina viperarum, quomodo fugietis a judicio gehennæ ? |offspring|||||| 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?

34 Ideo ecce ego mitto ad vos prophetas, et sapientes, et scribas, et ex illis occidetis, et crucifigetis, et ex eis flagellabitis in synagogis vestris, et persequemini de civitate in civitatem : 35 ut veniat super vos omnis sanguis justus, qui effusus est super terram, a sanguine Abel justi usque ad sanguinem Zachariæ, filii Barachiæ, quem occidistis inter templum et altare. ||||||||wise men||||||you will kill||you will crucify||||you will scourge|||||you will persecute|||||||||||||effused||||||Abel||||blood|Zachariah||Barachias||you killed|||| 36 Amen dico vobis, venient hæc omnia super generationem istam. 36 Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, quæ occidis prophetas, et lapidas eos, qui ad te missi sunt, quoties volui congregare filios tuos, quemadmodum gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas, et noluisti ? Jerusalem||||||stone|||||sent|||I wanted|gather|||just as|hen||chickens|||wings||you were not willing 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 Ecce relinquetur vobis domus vestra deserta. |||||deserted 38 Behold, your house will be left to you desolate. 39 Dico enim vobis, non me videbitis amodo, donec dicatis : Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini. ||||||from now on||you say|||||| 39 For I say to you, you will not see me until you say: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.