Matthew 23
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
1Tunc Jesus locutus est ad turbas, et ad discipulos suos,
2Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
2dicens: Super cathedram Moysi sederunt scribæ et pharisæi.
3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
3Omnia ergo quæcumque dixerint vobis, servate, et facite: secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere: dicunt enim, et non faciunt.
4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
4Alligant enim onera gravia, et importabilia, et imponunt in humeros hominum: digito autem suo nolunt ea movere.
5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
5Omnia vero opera sua faciunt ut videantur ab hominibus: dilatant enim phylacteria sua, et magnificant fimbrias.
6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
6Amant autem primos recubitus in cœnis, et primas cathedras in synagogis,
7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
7et salutationes in foro, et vocari ab hominibus Rabbi.
8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
8Vos autem nolite vocari Rabbi: unus est enim magister vester, omnes autem vos fratres estis.
9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
9Et patrem nolite vocare vobis super terram: unus est enim pater vester qui in cælis est.
10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
10Nec vocemini magistri: quia magister vester unus est, Christus.
11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
11Qui major est vestrum, erit minister vester.
12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
12Qui autem se exaltaverit, humiliabitur: et qui se humiliaverit, exaltabitur.
13¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves , neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
13Væ autem vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia clauditis regnum cælorum ante homines ! vos enim non intratis, nec introëuntes sinitis intrare.
14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
14Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia comeditis domos viduarum, orationes longas orantes ! propter hoc amplius accipietis judicium.
15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
15Væ 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.
16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
16Væ vobis duces cæci, qui dicitis: Quicumque juraverit per templum, nihil est: qui autem juraverit in auro templi, debet.
17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
17Stulti et cæci: quid enim majus est? aurum, an templum, quod sanctificat aurum?
18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
18Et quicumque juraverit in altari, nihil est: quicumque autem juraverit in dono, quod est super illud, debet.
19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
19Cæci: quid enim majus est, donum, an altare, quod sanctificat donum?
20Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
20Qui ergo jurat in altari, jurat in eo, et in omnibus quæ super illud sunt.
21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
21Et quicumque juraverit in templo, jurat in illo, et in eo qui habitat in ipso:
22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
22et qui jurat in cælo, jurat in throno Dei, et in eo qui sedet super eum.
23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
23Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, qui decimatis mentham, et anethum, et cyminum, et reliquistis quæ graviora sunt legis, judicium, et misericordiam, et fidem ! hæc oportuit facere, et illa non omittere.
24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
24Duces cæci, excolantes culicem, camelum autem glutientes.
25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
25Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia mundatis quod deforis est calicis et paropsidis; intus autem pleni estis rapina et immunditia !
26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
26Pharisæe cæce, munda prius quod intus est calicis, et paropsidis, ut fiat id, quod deforis est, mundum.
27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
27Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia similes estis sepulchris dealbatis, quæ a foris parent hominibus speciosa, intus vero pleni sunt ossibus mortuorum, et omni spurcitia !
28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
28Sic et vos a foris quidem paretis hominibus justi: intus autem pleni estis hypocrisi et iniquitate.
29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
29Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, qui ædificatis sepulchra prophetarum, et ornatis monumenta justorum,
30And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
30et dicitis: Si fuissemus in diebus patrum nostrorum, non essemus socii eorum in sanguine prophetarum !
31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
31itaque testimonio estis vobismetipsis, quia filii estis eorum, qui prophetas occiderunt.
32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
32Et vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum.
33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
33Serpentes, genimina viperarum, quomodo fugietis a judicio gehennæ?
34¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
34Ideo 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:
35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
35ut veniat super vos omnis sanguis justus, qui effusus est super terram, a sanguine Abel justi usque ad sanguinem Zachariæ, filii Barachiæ, quem occidistis inter templum et altare.
36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
36Amen dico vobis, venient hæc omnia super generationem istam.
37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 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?
38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
38Ecce relinquetur vobis domus vestra deserta.
39For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
39Dico enim vobis, non me videbitis amodo, donec dicatis: Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini.
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