23:1 tunc Iesus locutus est ad turbas        1.  Then spake Jesus to the multitude,
et discipulos suos                           and to his disciples,
                                             
23:2 dicens super cathedram Mosi             2.  Saying The scribes and the
sederunt scribae et Pharisaei                Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
                                             
23:3 omnia ergo quaecumque dixerint          3.  All therefore whatsoever they bid
vobis servate et facite secundum opera       you observe, that observe and do; but
vero eorum nolite facere dicunt enim et      do not ye after their works: for they
non faciunt                                  say, and do not.
                                             
23:4 alligant autem onera gravia et          4.  For they bind heavy burdens and
inportabilia et inponunt in umeros           grievous to be borne, and lay them on
hominum digito autem suo nolunt ea           men's shoulders; but they themselves
movere                                       will not move them with one of their
                                             fingers.
                                             
23:5 omnia vero opera sua faciunt ut         5.  But all their works they do for to
videantur ab hominibus dilatant enim         be seen of men: they make broad their
phylacteria sua et magnificant fimbrias      phylacteries, and enlarge the borders
                                             of their garments,
                                             
23:6 amant autem primos recubitus in         6.  And love the uppermost rooms at
cenis et primas cathedras in synagogis       feasts, and the chief seats in the
                                             synagogues,
                                             
23:7 et salutationes in foro et vocari       7.  And greetings in the markets, and
ab hominibus rabbi                           to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
                                             
23:8 vos autem nolite vocari rabbi unus      8.  But be not ye called Rabbi: for one
enim est magister vester omnes autem         is your Master, even Christ; and all ye
vos fratres estis                            are brethren.
                                             
23:9 et patrem nolite vocare vobis           9.  And call no man your father upon
super terram unus enim est Pater vester      the earth: for one is your Father,
qui in caelis est                            which is in heaven.
                                             
23:10 nec vocemini magistri quia             10.  Neither be ye called masters: for
magister vester unus est Christus            one is your Master, even Christ.
                                             
23:11 qui maior est vestrum erit             11.  But he that is greatest among you
minister vester                              shall be your servant.
                                             
23:12 qui autem se exaltaverit               12.  And whosoever shall exalt himself
humiliabitur et qui se humiliaverit          shall be abased; and he that shall
exaltabitur                                  humble himself shall be exalted.
                                             
23:13 vae autem vobis scribae et             13.  But woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisaei hypocritae quia clauditis          Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up
regnum caelorum ante homines vos enim        the kingdom of heaven against men: for
non intratis nec introeuntes sinitis         ye neither go in yourselves, neither
intrare                                      suffer ye them that are entering to go
                                             in.
                                             
23:14 []                                     14.  Woe 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.
                                             
23:15 vae vobis scribae et Pharisaei         15.  Woe unto you, scribes and
hypocritae quia circuitis mare et            Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass
aridam ut faciatis unum proselytum et        sea and land to make one proselyte, and
cum fuerit factus facitis eum filium         when he is made, ye make him twofold
gehennae duplo quam vos                      more the child of hell than yourselves.
                                             
23:16 vae vobis duces caeci qui dicitis      16.  Woe unto you, ye blind guides,
quicumque iuraverit per templum nihil        which say, Whosoever shall swear by the
est qui autem iuraverit in aurum templi      temple, it is nothing; but whosoever
debet                                        shall swear by the gold of the temple,
                                             he is a debtor!
                                             
23:17 stulti et caeci quid enim maius        17.  Ye fools and blind: for whether is
est aurum an templum quod sanctificat        greater, the gold, or the temple that
aurum                                        sanctifieth the gold?
                                             
23:18 et quicumque iuraverit in altari       18.  And, Whosoever shall swear by the
nihil est quicumque autem iuraverit in       altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
dono quod est super illud debet              sweareth by the gift that is upon it,
                                             he is guilty.
                                             
23:19 caeci quid enim maius est donum        19.  Ye fools and blind: for whether is
an altare quod sanctificat donum             greater, the gift, or the altar that
                                             sanctifieth the gift?
                                             
23:20 qui ergo iurat in altare iurat in      20.  Whoso therefore shall swear by the
eo et in omnibus quae super illud sunt       altar, sweareth by it, and by all
                                             things thereon.
                                             
23:21 et qui iuraverit in templo iurat       21.  And whoso shall swear by the
in illo et in eo qui inhabitat in ipso       temple, sweareth by it, and by him that
                                             dwelleth therein.
                                             
23:22 et qui iurat in caelo iurat in         22.  And he that shall swear by heaven,
throno Dei et in eo qui sedet super eum      sweareth by the throne of God, and by
                                             him that sitteth thereon.
                                             
23:23 vae vobis scribae et Pharisaei         23.  Woe unto you, scribes and
hypocritae quia decimatis mentam et          Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe
anethum et cyminum et reliquistis quae       of mint and anise and cummin, and have
graviora sunt legis iudicium et              omitted the weightier matters of the
misericordiam et fidem haec oportuit         law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these
facere et illa non omittere                  ought ye to have done, and not to leave
                                             the other undone.
                                             
23:24 duces caeci excolantes culicem         24.  Ye blind guides, which strain at a
camelum autem gluttientes                    gnat, and swallow a camel.
                                             
23:25 vae vobis scribae et Pharisaei         25.  Woe unto you, scribes and
hypocritae quia mundatis quod de foris       Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make
est calicis et parapsidis intus autem        clean the outside of the cup and of the
pleni sunt rapina et inmunditia              platter, but within they are full of
                                             extortion and excess.
                                             
23:26 Pharisaee caece munda prius quod       26.  Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first
intus est calicis et parapsidis ut fiat      that which is within the cup and
et id quod de foris est mundum               platter, that the outside of them may
                                             be clean also.
                                             
23:27 vae vobis scribae et Pharisaei         27.  Woe unto you, scribes and
hypocritae quia similes estis                Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like
sepulchris dealbatis quae a foris            unto whited sepulchres, which indeed
parent hominibus speciosa intus vero         appear beautiful outward, but are
plena sunt ossibus mortuorum et omni         within full of dead men's bones, and of
spurcitia                                    all uncleanness.
                                             
23:28 sic et vos a foris quidem paretis      28.  Even so ye also outwardly appear
hominibus iusti intus autem pleni estis      righteous unto men, but within ye are
hypocrisi et iniquitate                      full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
                                             
23:29 vae vobis scribae et Pharisaei         29.  Woe unto you, scribes and
hypocritae quia aedificatis sepulchra        Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build
prophetarum et ornatis monumenta             the tombs of the prophets, and garnish
iustorum                                     the sepulchres of the righteous,
                                             
23:30 et dicitis si fuissemus in diebus      30.  And say, If we had been in the
patrum nostrorum non essemus socii           days of our fathers, we would not have
eorum in sanguine prophetarum                been partakers with them in the blood
                                             of the prophets.
                                             
23:31 itaque testimonio estis vobismet       31.  Wherefore ye be witnesses unto
ipsis quia filii estis eorum qui             yourselves, that ye are the children of
prophetas occiderunt                         them which killed the prophets.
                                             
23:32 et vos implete mensuram patrum         32.  Fill ye up then the measure of
vestrorum                                    your fathers.
                                             
23:33 serpentes genimina viperarum           33.  Ye serpents, ye generation of
quomodo fugietis a iudicio gehennae          vipers, how can ye escape the damnation
                                             of hell?
                                             
23:34 ideo ecce ego mitto ad vos             34.  Wherefore, behold, I send unto you
prophetas et sapientes et scribas ex         prophets, and wise men, and scribes:
illis occidetis et crucifigetis et ex        and some of them ye shall kill and
eis flagellabitis in synagogis vestris       crucify; and some of them shall ye
et persequemini de civitate in civitatem     scourge in your synagogues, and
                                             persecute them from city to city:
                                             
23:35 ut veniat super vos omnis sanguis      35.  That upon you may come all the
iustus qui effusus est super terram a        righteous blood shed upon the earth,
sanguine Abel iusti usque ad sanguinem       from the blood of righteous Abel unto
Zacchariae filii Barachiae quem              the blood of Zacharias son of
occidistis inter templum et altare           Barachias, whom ye slew between the
                                             temple and the altar.
                                             
23:36 amen dico vobis venient haec           36.  Verily I say unto you, All these
omnia super generationem istam               things shall come upon this generation.
                                             
23:37 Hierusalem Hierusalem quae             37.  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that
occidis prophetas et lapidas eos qui ad      killest the prophets, and stonest them
te missi sunt quotiens volui congregare      which are sent unto thee, how often
filios tuos quemadmodum gallina              would I have gathered thy children
congregat pullos suos sub alas et            together, even as a hen gathereth her
noluisti                                     chickens under her wings, and ye would
                                             not!
                                             
23:38 ecce relinquitur vobis domus           38.  Behold, your house is left unto
vestra deserta                               you desolate.
                                             
23:39 dico enim vobis non me videbitis       39.  For I say unto you, Ye shall not
amodo donec dicatis benedictus qui           see me henceforth, till ye shall say,
venit in nomine Domini                       Blessed is he that cometh in the name
                                             of the Lord.