Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples.
Tunc Iesus locutus est ad turbas, et ad discipulos suos,
2 He said, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
dicens: Super cathedram Moysi sederunt Scribæ, et Pharisæi.
3 Therefore whatever they command you to do, do these things and observe them. But do not imitate their deeds, for they say things but then do not do them.
Omnia ergo quæcumque dixerint vobis, servate, et facite: secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere: dicunt enim, et non faciunt.
4 Yes, they bind heavy burdens that are difficult to carry, and then they put them on people's shoulders. But they themselves will not move a finger to carry them.
Alligant enim onera gravia, et importabilia, et imponunt in humeros hominum: digito autem suo nolunt ea movere.
5 They do all their deeds to be seen by people. For they make their phylacteries wide, and they enlarge the edges of their garments.
Omnia vero opera sua faciunt ut videantur ab hominibus: dilatant enim phylacteria sua, et magnificant fimbrias.
6 They love the chief places at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Amant autem primos recubitus in cœnis, et primas cathedras in synagogis,
7 and special greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by people.
et salutationes in foro, et vocari ab hominibus Rabbi.
8 But you must not be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and all you are brothers.
Vos autem nolite vocari Rabbi. unus est enim Magister vester, omnes autem vos fratres estis.
9 And call no man on earth your father, for you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.
Et patrem nolite vocare vobis super terram: unus est enim Pater vester, qui in cælis est.
10 Neither must you be called 'teacher,' for you have only one teacher, the Christ.
Nec vocemini magistri: quia Magister vester unus est, Christus.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
Qui maior est vestrum, erit minister vester.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Qui autem se exaltaverit, humiliabitur: et qui se humiliaverit, exaltabitur.
13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against people. For you do not enter it yourselves, and neither do you allow those about to enter to do so.
Væ autem vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ: quia clauditis regnum cælorum ante homines. vos enim non intratis, nec introeuntes sinitis intrare.
Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ: quia comeditis domos viduarum, orationes longas orantes: propter hoc amplius accipietis iudicium.
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you go over sea and land to make one convert, and when he has become one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you. (Geenna g1067)
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. (Geenna g1067)
16 Woe to you, you blind guides, you who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound to his oath.'
Væ vobis duces cæci, 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 the gold holy?
Stulti et cæci: Quid enim maius est, aurum, an templum, quod sanctificat aurum?
18 And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing. But whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is bound to his oath.'
Et quicumque iuraverit in altari, nihil est: quicumque autem iuraverit in dono, quod est super illud, debet.
19 You blind people! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?
Cæci: quid enim maius est, donum, an altare, quod sanctificat donum?
20 Therefore, 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 quæ super illud sunt.
21 The one who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who lives in it.
et quicumque iuraverit in templo, iurat in illo, et in eo, qui habitat in ipso:
22 And the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
et qui iurat in cælo, iurat in throno Dei, et in eo, qui sedet super eum.
23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, but you have left undone the weightier matters of the law—justice and mercy and faith. But these you ought to have done and not to have left the other undone.
Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ: qui decimatis mentham, et anethum, et cyminum, et reliquistis quæ graviora sunt legis, iudicium, et misericordiam, et fidem. hæc oportuit facere, et illa non omittere.
24 You blind guides, you who strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
Duces cæci, excolantes culicem, camelum autem glutientes.
25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ, quia mundatis quod deforis est calicis, et paropsidis: intus autem pleni estis rapina, et immunditia.
26 You blind Pharisee! Clean first the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become clean also.
Pharisæe cæce, munda prius quod intus est calicis, et paropsidis, ut fiat id, quod deforis est, mundum.
27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean.
Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ: quia similes estis sepulchris dealbatis, quæ aforis parent hominibus speciosa, intus vero pleni sunt ossibus mortuorum, et omni spurcitia.
28 In the same way, you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
sic et vos aforis quidem paretis hominibus iusti: intus autem pleni estis hypocrisi, et iniquitate.
29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous.
Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ, qui ædificatis sepulchra prophetarum, et ornatis monumenta iustorum,
30 You say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been participants 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 Therefore you testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophets.
itaque testimonio estis vobismetipsis, quia filii estis eorum, qui prophetas occiderunt.
32 You also fill up the measure of your fathers.
Et vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum.
Serpentes genimina viperarum, quomodo fugietis a iudicio gehennæ? (Geenna g1067)
34 Therefore, see, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some you will whip in your synagogues and drive them out from city to city.
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 The result is that upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
ut veniat super vos omnis sanguis iustus, qui effusus est super terram, a sanguine Abel iusti usque ad sanguinem Zachariæ, filii Barachiæ, quem occidistis inter templum et altare.
36 Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Amen dico vobis, venient hæc omnia super generationem istam.
37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often did I long to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Ierusalem Ierusalem, 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?
38 See, your house is left to you desolate.
Ecce relinquetur vobis domus vestra deserta.
39 For I say to you, You will not see me from now on 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.
