ΤΟ ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ ΑΓΙΟΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ

Gospel of Matthew

CHAPTER 18

| 1 | εν |  | εκεινη |  | τη |  | ωρα |  | προσηλθον |  | οι |  | μαθηται |  | τω |  | ιησου |  | λεγοντες |  | τις |  | αρα |
|  | In |  | that |  | ♦ |  | hour |  | came |  | the |  | disciples |  | ♦ |  | to Jesus, |  | saying, |  | Who |  | then |

μειζων |  | εστιν |  | εν |  | τη |  | βασιλεια |  | των |  | ουρανων |  |
[the] 2 greater 3 |  | is 1 |  | in |  | the |  | kingdom |  | of the |  | heavens? |  |

| 2 | και |  | προσκαλεσαμενος |  | ο |  | ιησους |  | παιδιον |  | εστησεν |  | αυτο |  | εν |  | μεσω |
|  | And |  | having 2 called 3 to 4 [him] 5 |  | ♦ |  | Jesus 1 |  | a little child, |  | he set |  | it |  | in |  | their midst, |

αυτων |  |
♦ |  |

| 3 | και |  | ειπεν |  | αμην |  | λεγω |  | υμιν |  | εαν |  | μη |  | στραφητε |  | και |  | γενησθε |  | ως |  | τα |
|  | and |  | said, |  | Verily |  | I say |  | to you, |  | Unless |  | ♦ |  | ye are converted |  | and |  | become |  | as |  | the |

παιδια |  | ου |  | μη |  | εισελθητε |  | εις |  | την |  | βασιλειαν |  | των |  | ουρανων |  |
little children, |  | in no wise |  | ♦ |  | shall ye enter |  | into |  | the |  | kingdom |  | of the |  | heavens. |  |

| 4 | οστις |  | ουν |  | ταπεινωση |  | εαυτον |  | ως |  | το |  | παιδιον |  | τουτο |  | ουτος |
|  | Whosoever |  | therefore |  | will humble |  | himself |  | as |  | this little child, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | he |

εστιν |  | ο |  | μειζων |  | εν |  | τη |  | βασιλεια |  | των |  | ουρανων |  |
is |  | the |  | greater |  | in |  | the |  | kingdom |  | of the |  | heavens; |  |

| 5 | και |  | ος |  | εαν |  | δεξηται |  | παιδιον |  | τοιουτον |  | εν |  | επι |  | τω |  | ονοματι |  | μου |
|  | and |  | whoever |  | ♦ |  | will receive |  | little 3 child 4 |  | such 2 |  | one 1 |  | in |  | my name, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

εμε |  | δεχεται |  |
me 2 |  | receives. 1 |  |

| 6 | ος |  | δ |  | αν |  | σκανδαλιση |  | ενα |  | των |  | μικρων |  | τουτων |
|  | But whoever |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | shall cause to 6 offend 7 |  | one 1 |  | of 2 these 3 little 4 ones 5 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

των |  | πιστευοντων |  | εις |  | εμε |  | συμφερει |  | αυτω |  | ινα |  | κρεμασθη |  | μυλος |
who |  | believe |  | in |  | me, |  | it is profitable |  | for him |  | that |  | should be hung |  | a 4 millstone 5 |

ονικος |  | επι |  | τον |  | τραχηλον |  | αυτου |  | και |  | καταποντισθη |  | εν |  | τω |
turned 6 by 7 an 8 ass 9 |  | upon 1 |  | ♦ |  | his 2 neck, 3 |  | ♦ |  | and |  | he be sunk |  | in |  | the |

πελαγει |  | της |  | θαλασσης |  |
depth |  | of the |  | sea. |  |

| 7 | ουαι |  | τω |  | κοσμω |  | απο |  | των |  | σκανδαλων |  | αναγκη |  | γαρ |  | εστιν |  | ελθειν
|  | Woe |  | to the |  | world |  | because of |  | the |  | offences! |  | For necessary |  | ♦ |  | it is |  | to 3 come 4

| τα |  | σκανδαλα |  | πλην |  | ουαι |  | τω |  | ανθρωπω |  | εκεινω |  | δι |  | ου |  | το |
| the 1 |  | offences, 2 |  | yet |  | woe |  | to that man |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | by |  | whom |  | the |

σκανδαλον |  | ερχεται |  |
offence |  | comes! |  |

| 8 | ει |  | δε |  | η |  | χειρ |  | σου |  | η |  | ο |  | πους |  | σου |  | σκανδαλιζει |  | σε |  | εκκοψον |
|  | And if |  | ♦ |  | thy hand |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | or |  | thy foot |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | cause to 2 offend 3 |  | thee, 1 |  | cut off |

αυτα |  | και |  | βαλε |  | απο |  | σου |  | καλον |  | σοι |  | εστιν |  | εισελθειν |  | εις |  | την |  | ζωην |
them |  | and |  | cast [them] |  | from |  | thee; |  | good |  | for thee |  | it is |  | to enter |  | into |  | ♦ |  | life |

χωλον |  | η |  | κυλλον |  | η |  | δυο |  | χειρας |  | η |  | δυο |  | ποδας |  | εχοντα |  | βληθηναι |  | εις |
lame |  | or |  | maimed, |  | [rather] than |  | two |  | hands |  | or |  | two |  | feet |  | having |  | to be cast |  | into |

το |  | πυρ |  | το |  | αιωνιον |  |
the |  | fire |  | the |  | eternal. |  |

| 9 | και |  | ει |  | ο |  | οφθαλμος |  | σου |  | σκανδαλιζει |  | σε |  | εξελε |  | αυτον |  | και |  | βαλε |
|  | And |  | if |  | thine eye |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | cause to 2 offend 3 |  | thee, 1 |  | pluck out |  | it |  | and |  | cast [it] |

απο |  | σου |  | καλον |  | σοι |  | εστιν |  | μονοφθαλμον |  | εις |  | την |  | ζωην |  | εισελθειν |
from |  | thee; |  | good |  | for thee |  | it is |  | one-eyed |  | into |  | ♦ |  | life |  | to enter, |

η |  | δυο |  | οφθαλμους |  | εχοντα |  | βληθηναι |  | εις |  | την |  | γεενναν |  | του |  | πυρος |  |
[rather] than |  | two |  | eyes |  | having |  | to be cast |  | into |  | the |  | Gehenna |  | of the |  | fire. |  |

| 10 | ορατε |  | μη |  | καταφρονησητε |  | ενος |  | των |  | μικρων |  | τουτων |
|  | See |  | ye despise not |  | ♦ |  | one |  | ♦ |  | of these little ones, |  | ♦ |

λεγω |  | γαρ |  | υμιν |  | οτι |  | οι |  | αγγελοι |  | αυτων |  | εν |  | ουρανοις |  | δια |
for I say |  | ♦ |  | to you, |  | that |  | their angels |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | in [the] |  | heavens |  | continually |

παντος |  | βλεπουσιν |  | το |  | προσωπον |  | του |  | πατρος |  | μου |  | του |  | εν |
♦ |  | behold |  | the |  | face |  | of my Father |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | who [is] |  | in [the] |

ουρανοις |  |
heavens. |  |

| 11 | ηλθεν |  | γαρ |  | ο |  | υιος |  | του |  | ανθρωπου |  | σωσαι |  | το |  | απολωλος |  |
|  | For is come |  | ♦ |  | the |  | Son |  | ♦ |  | of man |  | to save |  | that which |  | has been lost. |  |

| 12 | τι |  | υμιν |  | δοκει |  | εαν |  | γενηται |  | τινι |  | ανθρωπω |  | εκατον |  | προβατα |  | και
|  | What |  | think ye? |  | ♦ |  | If |  | there should be |  | to any |  | man |  | a hundred |  | sheep, |  | and

| πλανηθη |  | εν |  | εξ |  | αυτων |  | ουχι |  | αφεις |  | τα |  | εννενηκονταεννεα |  | επι |
| be gone astray |  | one |  | of |  | them, |  | [does he] not, |  | having left |  | the |  | ninety-nine |  | on |

τα |  | ορη |  | πορευθεις |  | ζητει |  | το |  | πλανωμενον |  |
the |  | mountains, |  | having gone |  | seek |  | that which |  | is gone astray? |  |

| 13 | και |  | εαν |  | γενηται |  | ευρειν |  | αυτο |  | αμην |  | λεγω |  | υμιν |  | οτι |  | χαιρει |  | επ |  | αυτω
|  | and |  | if |  | it should be |  | that he find |  | it, |  | verily |  | I say |  | to you, |  | that |  | he rejoices |  | over |  | it

| μαλλον |  | η |  | επι |  | τοις |  | εννενηκονταεννεα |  | τοις |  | μη |
| more |  | than |  | over |  | the |  | ninety-nine |  | which |  | have not gone astray. |

πεπλανημενοις |  |
♦ |  |

| 14 | ουτως |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | θελημα |  | εμπροσθεν |  | του |  | πατρος |  | υμων |  | του |  | εν |
|  | So |  | it is not |  | ♦ |  | [the] will |  | before |  | ♦ |  | Father 2 |  | your 1 |  | who [is] |  | in [the] |

ουρανοις |  | ινα |  | αποληται |  | εις |  | των |  | μικρων |  | τουτων |  |
heavens, |  | that |  | should perish |  | one |  | of these little ones. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 15 | εαν |  | δε |  | αμαρτηση |  | εις |  | σε |  | ο |  | αδελφος |  | σου |  | υπαγε |  | και |
|  | But if |  | ♦ |  | sin 3 |  | against 4 |  | thee 5 |  | thy 1 brother, 2 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | go |  | and |

ελεγξον |  | αυτον |  | μεταξυ |  | σου |  | και |  | αυτου |  | μονου |  | εαν |  | σου |  | ακουση |
reprove |  | him |  | between |  | thee |  | and |  | him |  | alone. |  | If |  | thee |  | he will hear, |

εκερδησας |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | σου |  |
thou hast gained |  | thy brother. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 16 | εαν |  | δε |  | μη |  | ακουση |  | παραλαβε |  | μετα |  | σου |  | ετι |  | ενα |  | η |  | δυο |  | ινα |
|  | But if |  | ♦ |  | he will not hear, |  | ♦ |  | take |  | with |  | thee |  | besides |  | one |  | or |  | two, |  | that |

επι |  | στοματος |  | δυο |  | μαρτυρων |  | η |  | τριων |  | σταθη |  | παν |  | ρημα |  |
upon |  | [the] mouth |  | of two |  | witnesses |  | or |  | of three |  | may stand |  | every |  | word. |  |

| 17 | εαν |  | δε |  | παρακουση |  | αυτων |  | ειπε |  | τη |  | εκκλησια |  | εαν |  | δε |  | και |  | της |
|  | But if |  | ♦ |  | he fail to listen to |  | them, |  | tell [it] |  | to the |  | assembly. |  | And if |  | ♦ |  | also |  | the |

εκκλησιας |  | παρακουση |  | εστω |  | σοι |  | ωσπερ |  | ο |  | εθνικος |  | και |  | ο |  | τελωνης |  |
assembly |  | he fail to listen to, |  | let him be |  | to thee |  | as |  | the |  | heathen |  | and |  | the |  | taxgatherer. |  |

| 18 | αμην |  | λεγω |  | υμιν |  | οσα |  | εαν |  | δησητε |  | επι |  | της |  | γης |  | εσται |  | δεδεμενα |
|  | Verily |  | I say |  | to you, |  | Whatsoever |  | ♦ |  | ye shall bind |  | on |  | the |  | earth, |  | shall be |  | bound |

εν |  | τω |  | ουρανω |  | και |  | οσα |  | εαν |  | λυσητε |  | επι |  | της |  | γης |  | εσται |  | λελυμενα |
in |  | the |  | heaven; |  | and |  | whatsoever |  | ♦ |  | ye shall loose |  | on |  | the |  | earth, |  | shall be |  | loosed |

εν |  | τω |  | ουρανω |  |
in |  | the |  | heaven. |  |

| 19 | παλιν |  | λεγω |  | υμιν |  | οτι |  | εαν |  | δυο |  | υμων |  | συμφωνησωσιν |  | επι |  | της |  | γης |
|  | Again |  | I say |  | to you, |  | that |  | if |  | two |  | of you |  | may agree |  | on |  | the |  | earth |

περι |  | παντος |  | πραγματος |  | ου |  | εαν |  | αιτησωνται |  | γενησεται |  | αυτοις |
concerning |  | any |  | matter |  | whatever |  | ♦ |  | the shall ask, |  | it shall be done |  | to them |

παρα |  | του |  | πατρος |  | μου |  | του |  | εν |  | ουρανοις |  |
from |  | my Father |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | who [is] |  | in |  | [the] heavens. |  |

| 20 | ου |  | γαρ |  | εισιν |  | δυο |  | η |  | τρεις |  | συνηγμενοι |  | εις |  | το |  | εμον |  | ονομα |  | εκει |
|  | For where |  | ♦ |  | are |  | two |  | or |  | three |  | gathered together |  | unto |  | ♦ |  | my |  | name |  | there |

ειμι |  | εν |  | μεσω |  | αυτων |  |
am I |  | in |  | [the] midst |  | of them. |  |

| 21 | τοτε |  | προσελθων |  | αυτω |  | ο |  | πετρος |  | ειπεν |  | κυριε |  | ποσακις |  | αμαρτησει |  | εις
|  | Then |  | having come |  | to him |  | ♦ |  | Peter |  | said, |  | Lord, |  | how often |  | shall sin 3 |  | against 4

| εμε |  | ο |  | αδελφος |  | μου |  | και |  | αφησω |  | αυτω |  | εως |  | επτακις |  |
| me 5 |  | my 1 brother 2 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | I forgive |  | him? |  | until |  | seven times? |  |

| 22 | λεγει |  | αυτω |  | ο |  | ιησους |  | ου |  | λεγω |  | σοι |  | εως |  | επτακις |  | αλλ |  | εως |
|  | Says 2 |  | to 3 him 4 |  | ♦ |  | Jesus, 1 |  | I say not |  | ♦ |  | to thee |  | until |  | seven times, |  | but |  | until |

εβδομηκοντακις |  | επτα |  |
seventy times |  | seven. |  |

| 23 | δια |  | τουτο |  | ωμοιωθη |  | η |  | βασιλεια |  | των |  | ουρανων |
|  | Because of this |  | ♦ |  | has 6 become 7 like 8 |  | the 1 |  | kingdom 2 |  | of 3 the 4 |  | heavens 5 |

ανθρωπω |  | βασιλει |  | ος |  | ηθελησεν |  | συναραι |  | λογον |  | μετα |  | των |
to a man |  | a king, |  | who |  | would |  | take account |  | ♦ |  | with |  | his bondmen. |

δουλων |  | αυτου |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 24 | αρξαμενου |  | δε |  | αυτου |  | συναιρειν |  | προσηνεχθη |  | αυτω |  | εις |  | οφειλετης |
|  | And having 2 begun 3 |  | ♦ |  | he 1 |  | to reckon, |  | there was brought |  | to him |  | one |  | debtor |

μυριων |  | ταλαντων |  |
of ten thousand |  | talents. |  |

| 25 | μη |  | εχοντος |  | δε |  | αυτου |  | αποδουναι |  | εκελευσεν |  | αυτον |
|  | But not 2 having 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | he 1 |  | [wherewith] to pay, |  | commanded 3 |  | him 4 |

ο |  | κυριος |  | αυτου |  | πραθηναι |  | και |  | την |  | γυναικα |  | αυτου |  | και |  | τα |  | τεκνα |  | και |
his 1 lord 2 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | to be sold, |  | and |  | ♦ |  | wife 2 |  | his 1 |  | and |  | the |  | children, |  | and |

παντα |  | οσα |  | ειχεν |  | και |  | αποδοθηναι |  |
all |  | as much as |  | he had, |  | and |  | payment to be made. |  |

| 26 | πεσων |  | ουν |  | ο |  | δουλος |  | προσεκυνει |  | αυτω |  | λεγων |  | κυριε |
|  | Having fallen down |  | therefore |  | the |  | bondman |  | did homage |  | to him, |  | saying, |  | Lord, |

μακροθυμησον |  | επ |  | εμοι |  | και |  | παντα |  | σοι |  | αποδωσω |  |
have patience |  | with |  | me, |  | and |  | all 6 |  | to 4 thee 5 |  | I 1 will 2 pay. 3 |  |

| 27 | σπλαγχνισθεις |  | δε |  | ο |  | κυριος |  | του |  | δουλου |  | εκεινου |
|  | And having been moved with compassion |  | ♦ |  | the |  | lord |  | ♦ |  | bondman 3 |  | of 1 that 2 |

απελυσεν |  | αυτον |  | και |  | το |  | δανειον |  | αφηκεν |  | αυτω |  |
released |  | him, |  | and |  | the 3 |  | loan 4 |  | forgave 1 |  | him. 2 |  |

| 28 | εξελθων |  | δε |  | ο |  | δουλος |  | εκεινος |  | ευρεν |  | ενα |  | των |
|  | But having gone out |  | ♦ |  | that bondman |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | found |  | one |  | ♦ |

συνδουλων |  | αυτου |  | ος |  | ωφειλεν |  | αυτω |  | εκατον |  | δηναρια |  | και |  | κρατησας |
fellow 3 bondmen 4 |  | of 1 his, 2 |  | who |  | owed |  | him |  | a hundred |  | denarii, |  | and |  | having seized |

αυτον |  | επνιγεν |  | λεγων |  | αποδος |  | μοι |  | ο |  | τι |  | οφειλεις |  |
him |  | he throttled [him], |  | saying, |  | Pay |  | me |  | what |  | ♦ |  | thou owest. |  |

| 29 | πεσων |  | ουν |  | ο |  | συνδουλος |  | αυτου |  | εις |  | τους |
|  | Having 5 fallen 6 down 7 |  | therefore 4 |  | his 1 fellow 2 bondman 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | at |  | his feet |

ποδας |  | αυτου |  | παρεκαλει |  | αυτον |  | λεγων |  | μακροθυμησον |  | επ |  | εμοι |  | και |  | παντα |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | besought |  | him, |  | saying, |  | Have patience |  | with |  | me, |  | and |  | all |

αποδωσω |  | σοι |  |
I will pay |  | thee. |  |

| 30 | ο |  | δε |  | ουκ |  | ηθελεν |  | αλλα |  | απελθων |  | εβαλεν |  | αυτον |  | εις |  | φυλακην |
|  | But he |  | ♦ |  | would not, |  | ♦ |  | but |  | having gone |  | he cast |  | him |  | into |  | prison, |

εως |  | ου |  | αποδω |  | το |  | οφειλομενον |  |
until |  | ♦ |  | he should pay |  | that which |  | was owing. |  |

| 31 | ιδοντες |  | δε |  | οι |  | συνδουλοι |  | αυτου |  | τα |
|  | Having 5 seen 6 |  | but 1 |  | his 2 fellow 3 bondmen 4 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | what things |

γενομενα |  | ελυπηθησαν |  | σφοδρα |  | και |  | ελθοντες |  | διεσαφησαν |  | τω |
had taken place, |  | were grieved |  | greatly, |  | and |  | having gone |  | narrated |  | to their lord |

κυριω |  | αυτων |  | παντα |  | τα |  | γενομενα |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | all |  | that |  | had taken place. |  |

| 32 | τοτε |  | προσκαλεσαμενος |  | αυτον |  | ο |  | κυριος |  | αυτου |  | λεγει |  | αυτω |  | δουλε |
|  | Then |  | having 3 called 4 to 6 [him] 7 |  | him 5 |  | ♦ |  | his 1 lord 2 |  | ♦ |  | says |  | to him, |  | Bondman 2 |

πονηρε |  | πασαν |  | την |  | οφειλην |  | εκεινην |  | αφηκα |  | σοι |  | επει |  | παρεκαλεσας |  | με |  |
wicked, 1 |  | all |  | ♦ |  | debt 2 |  | that 1 |  | I forgave |  | thee, |  | since |  | thou besoughtest |  | me; |  |

| 33 | ουκ |  | εδει |  | και |  | σε |  | ελεησαι |  | τον |  | συνδουλον |  | σου |
|  | did it not behove |  | ♦ |  | also 2 |  | thee 1 |  | to have pitied |  | thy fellow bondman, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

ως |  | και |  | εγω |  | σε |  | ηλεησα |  |
as |  | also |  | I |  | thee |  | had pitied? |  |

| 34 | και |  | οργισθεις |  | ο |  | κυριος |  | αυτου |  | παρεδωκεν |  | αυτον |  | τοις |  | βασανισταις |
|  | And |  | being angry |  | his lord |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | delivered up |  | him |  | to the |  | tormentors, |

εως |  | ου |  | αποδω |  | παν |  | το |  | οφειλομενον |  | αυτω |  |
until |  | ♦ |  | he should pay |  | all |  | that |  | was owing |  | to him. |  |

| 35 | ουτως |  | και |  | ο |  | πατηρ |  | μου |  | ο |  | επουρανιος |  | ποιησει |  | υμιν |  | εαν |  | μη |
|  | Thus |  | also |  | my Father |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | the |  | heavenly |  | will do |  | to you |  | unless |  | ♦ |

αφητε |  | εκαστος |  | τω |  | αδελφω |  | αυτου |  | απο |  | των |  | καρδιων |  | υμων |  | τα |
ye forgive |  | each |  | his brother |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | from |  | your hearts |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

παραπτωματα |  | αυτων |  |
offences 2 |  | their. 1 |  |