Matthew 20 #catechesis/bible/matthew
[!abstract] The parable of the labourers in the vineyard. The ambition of the two sons of Zebedee. Christ gives sight to two blind men.
Book: Matthew · ← Matthew 19 · Matthew 21 →
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GR Ὁμοία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκοδεσπότῃ ὅστις ἐξῆλθεν ἅμα πρωῒ μισθώσασθαι ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ.
LA Simile est regnum cælorum homini patrifamilias, qui exiit primo mane conducere operarios in vineam suam.
EN The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
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GR συμφωνήσας δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἐργατῶν ἐκ δηναρίου τὴν ἡμέραν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ.
LA Conventione autem facta cum operariis ex denario diurno, misit eos in vineam suam.
EN And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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GR καὶ ἐξελθὼν περὶ τρίτην ὥραν εἶδεν ἄλλους ἑστῶτας ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ ἀργούς,
LA Et egressus circa horam tertiam, vidit alios stantes in foro otiosos,
EN And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle.
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GR καὶ ἐκείνοις εἶπεν: ὑπάγετε καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν ᾖ δίκαιον δώσω ὑμῖν.
LA et dixit illis: Ite et vos in vineam meam, et quod justum fuerit dabo vobis.
EN And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.
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GR οἱ δὲ ἀπῆλθον. πάλιν δὲ ἐξελθὼν περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐνάτην ὥραν ἐποίησεν ὡσαύτως.
LA Illi autem abierunt. Iterum autem exiit circa sextam et nonam horam: et fecit similiter.
EN And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner.
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GR περὶ δὲ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ἐξελθὼν εὗρεν ἄλλους ἑστῶτας, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς: τί ὧδε ἑστήκατε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἀργοί;
LA Circa undecimam vero exiit, et invenit alios stantes, et dicit illis: Quid hic statis tota die otiosi?
EN But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he says to them: Why stand you here all the day idle?
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GR λέγουσιν αὐτῷ: ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἡμᾶς ἐμισθώσατο. λέγει αὐτοῖς: ὑπάγετε καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα.
LA Dicunt ei: Quia nemo nos conduxit. Dicit illis: Ite et vos in vineam meam.
EN They say to him: Because no man has hired us. He says to them: Go also into my vineyard.
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GR ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης λέγει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ αὐτοῦ: κάλεσον τοὺς ἐργάτας καὶ ἀπόδος τὸν μισθὸν ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῶν ἐσχάτων ἕως τῶν πρώτων.
LA Cum sero autem factum esset, dicit dominus vineæ procuratori suo: Voca operarios, et redde illis mercedem incipiens a novissimis usque ad primos.
EN And when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first.
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GR ἐλθόντες δὲ οἱ περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ὥραν ἔλαβον ἀνὰ δηνάριον.
LA Cum venissent ergo qui circa undecimam horam venerant, acceperunt singulos denarios.
EN When therefore they had come that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
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GR καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ πρῶτοι ἐνόμισαν ὅτι πλεῖον λήμψονται: καὶ ἔλαβον [τὸ] ἀνὰ δηνάριον καὶ αὐτοί.
LA Venientes autem et primi, arbitrati sunt quod plus essent accepturi: acceperunt autem et ipsi singulos denarios.
EN But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: And they also received every man a penny.
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GR λαβόντες δὲ ἐγόγγυζον κατὰ τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου
LA Et accipientes murmurabant adversus patremfamilias,
EN And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
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GR λέγοντες: οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.
LA dicentes: Hi novissimi una hora fecerunt, et pares illos nobis fecisti, qui portavimus pondus diei, et æstus.
EN saying: These last have worked but one hour and you have made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.
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GR ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς ἑνὶ αὐτῶν εἶπεν: ἑταῖρε, οὐκ ἀδικῶ σε: οὐχὶ δηναρίου συνεφώνησάς μοι;
LA At ille respondens uni eorum, dixit: Amice, non facio tibi injuriam: nonne ex denario convenisti mecum?
EN But he answering said to one of them: friend, I do you no wrong: did you not agree with me for a penny?
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GR ἆρον τὸ σὸν καὶ ὕπαγε. θέλω δὲ τούτῳ τῷ ἐσχάτῳ δοῦναι ὡς καὶ σοί:
LA Tolle quod tuum est, et vade: volo autem et huic novissimo dare sicut et tibi.
EN Take what is yours, and go your way: I will also give to this last even as to you.
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GR οὐκ ἔξεστίν μοι ὃ θέλω ποιῆσαι ἐν τοῖς ἐμοῖς; ἢ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀγαθός εἰμι;
LA Aut non licet mihi quod volo, facere? an oculus tuus nequam est, quia ego bonus sum?
EN Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
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[!note]- What I will…
Viz., with my own, and in matters that depend on my own bounty.
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GR οὕτως ἔσονται οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι.
LA Sic erunt novissimi primi, et primi novissimi. Multi enim sunt vocati, pauci vero electi.
EN So shall the last be first and the first last. For many are called but few chosen.
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GR Καὶ ἀναβαίνων ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα παρέλαβεν τοὺς δώδεκα [μαθητὰς] κατ’ ἰδίαν, καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς:
LA Et ascendens Jesus Jerosolymam, assumpsit duodecim discipulos secreto, et ait illis:
EN And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart and said to them:
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GR ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσιν καὶ γραμματεῦσιν, καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν [θανάτῳ].
LA Ecce ascendimus Jerosolymam, et Filius hominis tradetur principibus sacerdotum, et scribis, et condemnabunt eum morte,
EN Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes: and they shall condemn him to death.
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GR καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εἰς τὸ ἐμπαῖξαι καὶ μαστιγῶσαι καὶ σταυρῶσαι, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθήσεται.
LA et tradent eum gentibus ad illudendum, et flagellandum, et crucifigendum, et tertia die resurget.
EN And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified: and the third day he shall rise again.
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GR Τότε προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ τῶν υἱῶν Ζεβεδαίου μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῆς, προσκυνοῦσα καὶ αἰτοῦσά τι ἀπ’’ αὐτοῦ.
LA Tunc accessit ad eum mater filiorum Zebedæi cum filiis suis, adorans et petens aliquid ab eo.
EN Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him.
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GR ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ: τί θέλεις; λέγει αὐτῷ: εἰπὲ ἵνα καθίσωσιν οὗτοι οἱ δύο υἱοί μου εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου.
LA Qui dixit ei: Quid vis? Ait illi: Dic ut sedeant hi duo filii mei, unus ad dexteram tuam, et unus ad sinistram in regno tuo.
EN Who said to her: What will you? She said to him: say that these my two sons may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on your left, in your kingdom.
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GR ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν: οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ μέλλω πίνειν; λέγουσιν αὐτῷ: δυνάμεθα.
LA Respondens autem Jesus, dixit: Nescitis quid petatis. Potestis bibere calicem, quem ego bibiturus sum? Dicunt ei: Possumus.
EN And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can.
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GR λέγει αὐτοῖς: τὸ μὲν ποτήριόν μου πίεσθε, τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι, ἀλλ’ οἷς ἡτοίμασται ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου.
LA Ait illis: Calicem quidem meum bibetis: sedere autem ad dexteram meam vel sinistram non est meum dare vobis, sed quibus paratum est a Patre meo.
EN He says to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.
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GR καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἠγανάκτησαν περὶ τῶν δύο ἀδελφῶν.
LA Et audientes decem, indignati sunt de duobus fratribus.
EN And the ten, hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
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GR ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς εἶπεν: οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν.
LA Jesus autem vocavit eos ad se, et ait: Scitis quia principes gentium dominantur eorum: et qui majores sunt, potestatem exercent in eos.
EN But Jesus called them to him and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and that they that are the greater, exercise power upon them.
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GR οὐχ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἐν ὑμῖν: ἀλλ’ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος,
LA Non ita erit inter vos: sed quicumque voluerit inter vos major fieri, sit vester minister:
EN It shall not be so among you: but whosoever is the greater among you, let him be your minister.
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GR καὶ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος ἔσται ὑμῶν δοῦλος:
LA et qui voluerit inter vos primus esse, erit vester servus.
EN And he that will be first among you shall be your servant.
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GR ὥσπερ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.
LA Sicut Filius hominis non venit ministrari, sed ministrare, et dare animam suam redemptionem pro multis.
EN Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.
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GR Καὶ ἐκπορευομένων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ Ἰεριχὼ ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ ὄχλος πολύς.
LA Et egredientibus illis ab Jericho, secuta est eum turba multa,
EN And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
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GR καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει, ἔκραξαν λέγοντες, κύριε] ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, υἱὸς Δαυίδ.
LA et ecce duo cæci sedentes secus viam audierunt quia Jesus transiret: et clamaverunt, dicentes: Domine, miserere nostri, fili David.
EN And behold two blind men sitting by the way side heard that Jesus passed by. And they cried out, saying: O Lord, you son of David, have mercy on us.
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GR ὁ δὲ ὄχλος ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς ἵνα σιωπήσωσιν: οἱ δὲ μεῖζον ἔκραξαν λέγοντες: κύριε, ἐλέησον, ἡμᾶς υἱὸς Δαυίδ.
LA Turba autem increpabat eos ut tacerent. At illi magis clamabant, dicentes: Domine, miserere nostri, fili David.
EN And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their peace. But they cried out the more, saying: O Lord, you son of David, have mercy on us.
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GR καὶ στὰς [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς ἐφώνησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπεν: τί θέλετε ποιήσω ὑμῖν;
LA Et stetit Jesus, et vocavit eos, et ait: Quid vultis ut faciam vobis?
EN And Jesus stood and called them and said: What will you that I do to you?
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GR λέγουσιν αὐτῷ: κύριε, ἵνα ἀνοιγῶσιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν.
LA Dicunt illi: Domine, ut aperiantur oculi nostri.
EN They say to him: Lord, that our eyes be opened.
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GR σπλαγχνισθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἥψατο τῶν ὀμμάτων αὐτῶν, καὶ εὐθέως ἀνέβλεψαν καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
LA Misertus autem eorum Jesus, tetigit oculos eorum. Et confestim viderunt, et secuti sunt eum.
EN And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes. And immediately they saw and followed him.
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