Fragments on Matthew
Fragmenta in Matthaeum
Fragmenta in Matthaeum§1
1The deceitful do not approach to learn, and it is untimely to unfold the deeper things (Mt 21:23). A man had two sons, the first representing the Gentiles, whom God, the common Father, called first. For He gave them the teachable and natural law, sowing it in their minds, and gave them preachers of the things seen, but their orderliness of soul was mixed with wood and stones; for they said to the wood, 'You are my Father' (Mt 21:31). Therefore, they did not endure, saying they did not know the Lord (Mt 21:30). These, then, repented later and went to the vineyard. The first son, representing the Gentiles, refused, and the Father approached the second son, that is, Israel, who…
Greek · §1
Fragmenta in Matthaeum 1 Mt 21, 23 Τοῖς δολεροῖς μὴ προσιοῦσιν εἰς τὸ μαθεῖν ἄκαιρον ἀναπτύσσειν τὰ βαθύτερα. 2 μτ 21, 28–32 Ἄνθρωπός τις εἶχεν δύο υἱοὺς καὶ ὁ μὲν πρῶτός ἐστιν τὰ ἔθνη, οὓς ὁ θεὸς ὁ κοινὸς πατὴρ πρώτους ἐκάλεσεν· τὸν γὰρ διδακτὸν καὶ φυσικὸν νόμον ταῖς διανοίαις ἐγκατασπείρας ἔδωκε κήρυκας τὰ ὁρώμενα, ἀλλ' ἡ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτῶν εὐταξία συνεχύθη ἐπὶ ξύλα καὶ λίθους· «εἶπαν «, γὰρ «τῷ ξύλῳ· πατήρ μου εἶ σύ «. διὸ οὐκ ἠνέσχοντο κωλυόμενοι· εἶπον γὰρ οὐκ οἴδαμεν τὸν κύριον. οὗτοι οὖν μεταμεληθέντες ὕστερον ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα. τοῦ δὲ πρώτου παραιτησαμένου προσῆλθεν ὁ πατὴρ τῷ δευτέρῳ, τοῦτ' ἔστιν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, ὅστις
Response to Moses§2
2Being called through Moses, he said, 'All that God spoke, we will do and hear' (Mt 21:28–32). However, they did not do or hear or repent later, whom the prostitutes and the tax collectors condemned, that is, the nations.
Greek · §2
καλούμενος διὰ Μωυσέως εἶπεν· «πάντα ὅσα ἐλάλησεν « ὁ θεὸς καὶ «ποιήσομεν καὶ ἀκουσόμεθα «. οἵτινες οὔτε ἐποίησαν οὔτε ἤκουσαν οὔτε μετεμελήθησαν ὕστερον. οὓς κατέκριναν αἱ πόρναι καὶ οἱ τελῶναι, τοῦτ' ἔστιν τὰ ἔθνη. 3 μτ 21, 28–32 Τοῦτο βούλεται εἰπεῖν ἡ παραβολή, ὅτι οἱ μὲν τελῶναι καὶ αἱ
Publicans and sinners justified by John; Pharisees rejected by God§3
3Prostitutes who have repented and done what is pleasing to God are justified by John, having been persuaded by him, even though at first they disobeyed the law, but rather obeyed God.
But those who claim to keep the law, the Pharisees, in mere words only, are rejected by God.
Greek · §3
πόρναι μετανοήσαντες καὶ τὰ ἀρεστὰ τῷ θεῷ ποιήσαντες δικαιοῦνται Ἰωάννῃ πεισθέντες, εἰ καὶ κατ' ἀρχὰς ἠπείθουν τῷ νόμῳ, μᾶλλον δὲ τῷ θεῷ. οἱ δὲ λέγοντες τηρεῖν τὸν νόμον Φαρισαῖοι ἐν μόνοις ῥήμασιν ψιλοῖς ἀπόβλητοί εἰσιν παρὰ θεῷ·
Kingdom of Heaven§4
4For the kingdom of heaven is not in words, but in deeds; the doer of the law is righteous, not the hearer. Those who promise to go to the vineyard to work but do not go are like others who make promises to God but do not fulfill them.
Greek · §4
«οὐ γὰρ ἐν λόγοις ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἀλλ' ἐν ἔργοις «· «οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἀκροατὴς τοῦ νόμου, ἀλλ' ὁ ποιητὴς « δίκαιος. καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ οὗτοι ὅμοιοί εἰσιν τοῖς ὑποσχο-μένοις ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα ἐπὶ τῷ ἐργάζεσθαι καὶ μὴ ἀπελθοῦσιν. 1