Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
Tunc Iesus locutus est ad turbas, et ad discipulos suos,
2 “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
dicens: Super cathedram Moysi sederunt Scribae, et Pharisaei.
3 So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
Omnia ergo quaecumque dixerint vobis, servate, et facite: secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere: dicunt enim, et non faciunt.
4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
Alligant enim onera gravia, et importabilia, et imponunt in humeros hominum: digito autem suo nolunt ea movere.
5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
Omnia vero opera sua faciunt ut videantur ab hominibus: dilatant enim phylacteria sua, et magnificant fimbrias.
6 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
Amant autem primos recubitus in coenis, et primas cathedras in synagogis,
7 the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
et salutationes in foro, et vocari ab hominibus Rabbi.
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
Vos autem nolite vocari Rabbi. unus est enim Magister vester, omnes autem vos fratres estis.
9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Et patrem nolite vocare vobis super terram: unus est enim Pater vester, qui in caelis est.
10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
Nec vocemini magistri: quia Magister vester unus est, Christus.
11 The greatest among you shall be your servant.
Qui maior est vestrum, erit minister vester.
12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Qui autem se exaltaverit, humiliabitur: et qui se humiliaverit, exaltabitur.
13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
Vae autem vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae: quia clauditis regnum caelorum ante homines. vos enim non intratis, nec introeuntes sinitis intrare.
Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae: quia comeditis domos viduarum, orationes longas orantes: propter hoc amplius accipietis iudicium.
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. (Geenna g1067)
Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae: quia circuitis mare, et aridam, ut faciatis unum proselytum: et cum fuerit factus, facitis eum filium gehennae duplo quam vos. (Geenna g1067)
16 Woe to you, blind guides! You 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.’
Vae vobis duces caeci, qui dicitis: Quicumque iuraverit per templum, nihil est: qui autem iuraverit in auro templi, debet.
17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
Stulti et caeci: Quid enim maius est, aurum, an templum, quod sanctificat aurum?
18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’
Et quicumque iuraverit in altari, nihil est: quicumque autem iuraverit in dono, quod est super illud, debet.
19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
Caeci: quid enim maius est, donum, an altare, quod sanctificat donum?
20 So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
Qui ergo iurat in altari, iurat in eo, et in omnibus quae super illud sunt.
21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
et quicumque iuraverit in templo, iurat in illo, et in eo, qui habitat in ipso:
22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
et qui iurat in caelo, iurat in throno Dei, et in eo, qui sedet super eum.
23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae: qui decimatis mentham, et anethum, et cyminum, et reliquistis quae graviora sunt legis, iudicium, et misericordiam, et fidem. haec oportuit facere, et illa non omittere.
24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
Duces caeci, excolantes culicem, camelum autem glutientes.
25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypochritae, qui mundatis quod deforis est calicis, et paropsidis: intus autem pleni estis rapina, et immunditia.
26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
Pharisaee caece, munda prius quod intus est calicis, et paropsidis, ut fiat id, quod deforis est, mundum.
27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae: quia similes estis sepulchris dealbatis, quae aforis parent hominibus speciosa, intus vero pleni sunt ossibus mortuorum, et omni spurcitia.
28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
sic et vos aforis quidem paretis hominibus iusti: intus autem pleni estis hypocrisi, et iniquitate.
29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae, qui aedificatis sepulchra prophetarum, et ornatis monumenta iustorum,
30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
et dicitis: Si fuissemus in diebus patrum nostrorum, non essemus socii eorum in sanguine prophetarum.
31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
itaque testimonio estis vobismetipsis, quia filii estis eorum, qui prophetas occiderunt.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
Et vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum.
Serpentes genimina viperarum, quomodo fugietis a iudicio gehennae? (Geenna g1067)
34 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
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 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
ut veniat super vos omnis sanguis iustus, qui effusus est super terram, a sanguine Abel iusti usque ad sanguinem Zachariae, filii Barachiae, quem occidistis inter templum et altare.
36 Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Amen dico vobis, venient haec omnia super generationem istam.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Ierusalem Ierusalem, quae occidis prophetas, et lapidas eos, qui ad te missi sunt, quoties volui congregare filios tuos, quemadmodum gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas, et noluisti?
38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.
Ecce relinquetur vobis domus vestra deserta.
39 For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Dico enim vobis, non me videbitis amodo, donec dicatis: Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini.
