Matthew 22 #catechesis/bible/matthew
[!abstract] The parable of the marriage feast. Christ orders tribute to be paid to Caesar. He confutes the Sadducees, shows which is the first commandment in the law and puzzles the Pharisees.
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GR Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν εἶπεν ἐν παραβολαῖς αὐτοῖς λέγων:
LA Et respondens Jesus, dixit iterum in parabolis eis, dicens:
EN And Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them, saying:
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GR ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ βασιλεῖ, ὅστις ἐποίησεν γάμους τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ.
LA Simile factum est regnum cælorum homini regi, qui fecit nuptias filio suo.
EN The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who made a marriage for his son.
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GR καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ καλέσαι τοὺς κεκλημένους εἰς τοὺς γάμους, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελον ἐλθεῖν.
LA Et misit servos suos vocare invitatos ad nuptias, et nolebant venire.
EN And he sent his servants to call them that were invited to the marriage: and they would not come.
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GR πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν ἄλλους δούλους λέγων: εἴπατε τοῖς κεκλημένοις: ἰδοὺ τὸ ἄριστόν μου ἡτοίμακα, οἱ ταῦροί μου καὶ τὰ σιτιστὰ τεθυμένα, καὶ πάντα ἕτοιμα: δεῦτε εἰς τοὺς γάμους.
LA Iterum misit alios servos, dicens: Dicite invitatis: Ecce prandium meum paravi, tauri mei et altilia occisa sunt, et omnia parata: venite ad nuptias.
EN Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage.
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GR οἱ δὲ ἀμελήσαντες ἀπῆλθον, ὃς μὲν εἰς τὸν ἴδιον ἀγρόν, ὃς δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμπορίαν αὐτοῦ:
LA Illi autem neglexerunt: et abierunt, alius in villam suam, alius vero ad negotiationem suam:
EN But they neglected and went their ways, one to his farm and another to his merchandise.
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GR οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ κρατήσαντες τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ ὕβρισαν καὶ ἀπέκτειναν.
LA reliqui vero tenuerunt servos ejus, et contumeliis affectos occiderunt.
EN And the rest laid hands on his servants and, having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.
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GR ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ὠργίσθη, καὶ πέμψας τὰ στρατεύματα αὐτοῦ ἀπώλεσεν τοὺς φονεῖς ἐκείνους καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτῶν ἐνέπρησεν.
LA Rex autem cum audisset, iratus est: et missis exercitibus suis, perdidit homicidas illos, et civitatem illorum succendit.
EN But when the king had heard of it, he was angry: and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.
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GR τότε λέγει τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ: ὁ μὲν γάμος ἕτοιμός ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ κεκλημένοι οὐκ ἦσαν ἄξιοι:
LA Tunc ait servis suis: Nuptiæ quidem paratæ sunt, sed qui invitati erant, non fuerunt digni:
EN Then he says to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited were not worthy.
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GR πορεύεσθε οὖν ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ ὅσους ἐὰν εὕρητε καλέσατε εἰς τοὺς γάμους.
LA ite ergo ad exitus viarum, et quoscumque inveneritis, vocate ad nuptias.
EN Go therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage.
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GR καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς συνήγαγον πάντας οὓς εὗρον, πονηρούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς, καὶ ἐπλήσθη ὁ νυμφὼν ἀνακειμένων.
LA Et egressi servi ejus in vias, congregaverunt omnes quos invenerunt, malos et bonos: et impletæ sunt nuptiæ discumbentium.
EN And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: and the marriage was filled with guests.
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GR εἰσελθὼν δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς θεάσασθαι τοὺς ἀνακειμένους εἶδεν ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἐνδεδυμένον ἔνδυμα γάμου:
LA Intravit autem rex ut videret discumbentes, et vidit ibi hominem non vestitum veste nuptiali.
EN And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment.
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GR καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ: ἑταῖρε, πῶς εἰσῆλθες ὧδε μὴ ἔχων ἔνδυμα γάμου; ὁ δὲ ἐφιμώθη.
LA Et ait illi: Amice, quomodo huc intrasti non habens vestem nuptialem? At ille obmutuit.
EN And he said to him: Friend, how did you come in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was silent.
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GR τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν τοῖς διακόνοις: δήσαντες αὐτοῦ πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ἐκβάλετε αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον: ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων.
LA Tunc dicit rex ministris: Ligatis manibus et pedibus ejus, mittite eum in tenebras exteriores: ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium.
EN Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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GR πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσιν κλητοὶ ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί.
LA Multi enim sunt vocati, pauci vero electi.
EN For many are called, but few are chosen.
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GR Τότε πορευθέντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον ὅπως αὐτὸν παγιδεύσωσιν ἐν λόγῳ.
LA Tunc abeuntes pharisæi, consilium inierunt ut caperent eum in sermone.
EN Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech.
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GR καὶ ἀποστέλλουσιν αὐτῷ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν Ἡρῳδιανῶν λέγοντας: διδάσκαλε, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀληθὴς εἶ καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ διδάσκεις, καὶ οὐ μέλει σοι περὶ οὐδενός, οὐ γὰρ βλέπεις εἰς πρόσωπον ἀνθρώπων:
LA Et mittunt ei discipulos suos cum Herodianis, dicentes: Magister, scimus quia verax es, et viam Dei in veritate doces, et non est tibi cura de aliquo: non enim respicis personam hominum:
EN And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that you are a true speaker and teach the way of God in truth. Neither care for any man: for you do not regard the person of men.
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[!note]- The Herodians…
That is, some that belonged to Herod, and that joined with him in standing up for the necessity of paying tribute to Caesar, that is, to the Roman emperor. Some are of opinion that there was a sect among the Jews called Herodians, from their maintaining that Herod was the Messias.
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GR εἰπὸν οὖν ἡμῖν, τί σοι δοκεῖ: ἔξεστιν δοῦναι κῆνσον Καίσαρι ἢ οὔ;
LA dic ergo nobis quid tibi videtur, licet censum dare Cæsari, an non?
EN Tell us therefore what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
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GR γνοὺς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὴν πονηρίαν αὐτῶν εἶπεν: τί με πειράζετε, ὑποκριταί;
LA Cognita autem Jesus nequitia eorum, ait: Quid me tentatis, hypocritæ?
EN But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, you hypocrites?
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GR ἐπιδείξατέ μοι τὸ νόμισμα τοῦ κήνσου. οἱ δὲ προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ δηνάριον.
LA ostendite mihi numisma census. At illi obtulerunt ei denarium.
EN Show me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny.
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GR καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς: Τίνος ἡ εἰκὼν αὕτη καὶ ἡ ἐπιγραφή;
LA Et ait illis Jesus: Cujus est imago hæc, et superscriptio?
EN And Jesus says to them: Whose image and inscription is this?
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GR λέγουσιν: Καίσαρος. τότε λέγει αὐτοῖς: ἀπόδοτε οὖν τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ θεῷ.
LA Dicunt ei: Cæsaris. Tunc ait illis: Reddite ergo quæ sunt Cæsaris, Cæsari: et quæ sunt Dei, Deo.
EN They say to him: Caesar’s. Then he says to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God, the things that are God’s.
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GR καὶ ἀκούσαντες ἐθαύμασαν, καὶ ἀφέντες αὐτὸν ἀπῆλθαν.
LA Et audientes mirati sunt, et relicto eo abierunt.
EN And hearing this, they wondered and, leaving him, went their ways.
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GR Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ Σαδδουκαῖοι, λέγοντες μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν, καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν
LA In illo die accesserunt ad eum sadducæi, qui dicunt non esse resurrectionem: et interrogaverunt eum,
EN That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and asked him,
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GR λέγοντες: διδάσκαλε, Μωϋσῆς εἶπεν: ἐάν τις ἀποθάνῃ μὴ ἔχων τέκνα, ἐπιγαμβρεύσει ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναστήσει σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ.
LA dicentes: Magister, Moyses dixit: Si quis mortuus fuerit non habens filium, ut ducat frater ejus uxorem illius, et suscitet semen fratri suo.
EN saying: Master, Moses said: If a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up issue to his brother.
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GR ἦσαν δὲ παρ’ ἡμῖν ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί, καὶ ὁ πρῶτος γήμας ἐτελεύτησεν, καὶ μὴ ἔχων σπέρμα ἀφῆκεν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ.
LA Erant autem apud nos septem fratres: et primus, uxore ducta, defunctus est: et non habens semen, reliquit uxorem suam fratri suo.
EN Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother.
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GR ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ δεύτερος καὶ ὁ τρίτος, ἕως τῶν ἑπτά.
LA Similiter secundus, et tertius usque ad septimum.
EN In like manner the second and the third and so on, to the seventh.
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GR ὕστερον δὲ πάντων ἀπέθανεν ἡ γυνή.
LA Novissime autem omnium et mulier defuncta est.
EN And last of all the woman died also.
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GR ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει οὖν τίνος τῶν ἑπτὰ ἔσται γυνή; πάντες γὰρ ἔσχον αὐτήν.
LA In resurrectione ergo cujus erit de septem uxor? omnes enim habuerunt eam.
EN At the resurrection therefore, whose wife of the seven shall she be? For they all had her.
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GR ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς: πλανᾶσθε, μὴ εἰδότες τὰς γραφὰς μηδὲ τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ θεοῦ.
LA Respondens autem Jesus, ait illis: Erratis nescientes Scripturas, neque virtutem Dei.
EN And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.
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GR ἐν γὰρ τῇ ἀναστάσει οὔτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε γαμίζονται, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἄγγελοι ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ εἰσιν.
LA In resurrectione enim neque nubent, neque nubentur: sed erunt sicut angeli Dei in cælo.
EN For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married, but shall be as the angels of God in heaven.
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GR περὶ δὲ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τῶν νεκρῶν οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑμῖν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ λέγοντος:
LA De resurrectione autem mortuorum non legistis quod dictum est a Deo dicente vobis:
EN And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you:
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GR ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰακώβ; οὐκ ἔστιν [ὁ] θεὸς νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων.
LA Ego sum Deus Abraham, et Deus Isaac, et Deus Jacob? Non est Deus mortuorum, sed viventium.
EN I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.
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GR καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ὄχλοι ἐξεπλήσσοντο ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ.
LA Et audientes turbæ, mirabantur in doctrina ejus.
EN And the multitudes hearing it were in admiration at his doctrine.
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GR Οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι ἀκούσαντες ὅτι ἐφίμωσεν τοὺς Σαδδουκαίους συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό,
LA Pharisæi autem audientes quod silentium imposuisset sadducæis, convenerunt in unum:
EN But the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together.
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GR καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν νομικὸς πειράζων αὐτόν:
LA et interrogavit eum unus ex eis legis doctor, tentans eum:
EN And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him:
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GR διδάσκαλε, ποία ἐντολὴ μεγάλη ἐν τῷ νόμῳ;
LA Magister, quod est mandatum magnum in lege?
EN Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
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GR ὁ δὲ ἔφη αὐτῷ: ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου.
LA Ait illi Jesus: Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et in tota anima tua, et in tota mente tua.
EN Jesus said to him: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.
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GR αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μεγάλη καὶ πρώτη ἐντολή.
LA Hoc est maximum, et primum mandatum.
EN This is the greatest and the first commandment.
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GR δευτέρα ὁμοία αὐτῇ: ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.
LA Secundum autem simile est huic: Diliges proximum tuum, sicut teipsum.
EN And the second is like to this: You shall love your neighbour as yourself.
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GR ἐν ταύταις ταῖς δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς ὅλος ὁ νόμος κρέμαται καὶ οἱ προφῆται.
LA In his duobus mandatis universa lex pendet, et prophetæ.
EN On these two commandments depends the whole law and the prophets.
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GR Συνηγμένων δὲ τῶν Φαρισαίων ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς
LA Congregatis autem pharisæis, interrogavit eos Jesus,
EN And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them,
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GR λέγων: τί ὑμῖν δοκεῖ περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ; τίνος υἱός ἐστιν; λέγουσιν αὐτῷ: τοῦ Δαυίδ.
LA dicens: Quid vobis videtur de Christo? cujus filius est? Dicunt ei: David.
EN saying: What think you of Christ? Whose son is he? They say to him: David’s.
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GR λέγει αὐτοῖς: πῶς οὖν Δαυὶδ ἐν πνεύματι καλεῖ αὐτὸν κύριον, λέγων:
LA Ait illis: Quomodo ergo David in spiritu vocat eum Dominum, dicens:
EN He says to them: How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying:
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GR εἶπεν κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου: κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν σου.
LA Dixit Dominus Domino meo: Sede a dextris meis, donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum?
EN The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool?
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GR εἰ οὖν Δαυὶδ καλεῖ αὐτὸν κύριον, πῶς υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστιν;
LA Si ergo David vocat eum Dominum, quomodo filius ejus est?
EN If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
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GR καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο ἀποκριθῆναι αὐτῷ λόγον, οὐδὲ ἐτόλμησέν τις ἀπ’ ἐκείνης τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπερωτῆσαι αὐτὸν οὐκέτι.
LA Et nemo poterat ei respondere verbum: neque ausus fuit quisquam ex illa die eum amplius interrogare.
EN And no man was able to answer him a word: neither dared any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
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