Author: Gospel According To Matthew

Ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας· τότε λέγει τῷ παραλυτικῷ Ἐγερθεὶς ἆρόν σου τὴν κλίνην, καὶ ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου.

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. Then he said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go back to your house.”

Τί γάρ ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν· Ἀφέωνταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι· ἢ εἰπεῖν· Ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει;

For which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

Καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν, εἶπεν· Ἵνα τί ὑμεῖς ἐνθυμεῖσθε πονηρὰ ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν;

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?”

Kαὶ ἰδού τινες τῶν Γραμματέων εἶπον ἐν ἑαυτοῖς· Οὗτος βλασφημεῖ.

And, behold, some of the Scribes said to themselves, “This fellow blasphemes.”

Καὶ ἰδού προσέφερον αὐτῷ παραλυτικὸν ἐπὶ κλίνης βεβλημένον· καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν, εἶπε τῷ παραλυτικῷ· Θάρσει τέκνον, ἀφέωνταί σοί αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου.

And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed, and Jesus seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Be courageous, son, your sins are forgiven you.”

Καὶ ἐμβὰς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον διεπέρασε καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν πόλιν.

And he entered into a boat, he crossed over, and came to his own city.

Kαὶ ἰδού πᾶσα ἡ πόλις ἐξῆλθεν εἰς συνάντησιν τῷ Ἰησοῦ· καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν, παρεκάλεσαν ὅπως μεταβῇ ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν.

And behold, the whole city came out to meet Iesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

Οἱ δὲ βόσκοντες ἔφυγον καὶ ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀπήγγειλαν πάντα καὶ τὰ τῶν δαιμονιζομένων.

And the herdsmen fled, and went into the city, reported everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs.

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ὑπάγετε. Οἱ δὲ ἐξελθόντες ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὴν ἀγέλην τῶν χοίρων· καὶ ἰδού ὥρμησε πᾶσα ἡ ἀγέλη τῶν χοίρων κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· καὶ ἀπέθανον ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν.

And he said to them, “Go.” And when they came out, they went into the herd of pigs, and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the waters.

* steep bank or cliff

Oἱ δὲ δαίμονες παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν, λέγοντες· Εἰ ἐκβάλλεις ἡμᾶς, ἐπίτρεψον ἡμῖν ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ἀγέλην τῶν χοίρων.

And the demons were begging him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”