Fragment on Matthew
Fragmentum in evangelium Matthaei
The lamp of the body is the eye§1
1The lamp of the body is the eyeIf your eye is single, the whole body is full of light; if evil, the whole body is dark — and if the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness. A single eye is unfeigned love, by which the body is lit when outer parts match what is thought within; the evil eye is pretended love, also called hypocrisy, through which the whole body is darkened — dark deeds conceived inside, while the outer members put forward words that seem to be light.
Greek · §1
Ὁ λύχνος τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν ὁ ὀφθαλμός. Ἐὰν οὖν ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς ᾖ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου φωτεινὸν ἔσται. Ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρὸς ᾖ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου σκοτεινὸν ἔσται. Εἰ δὲ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ, σκότος ἐστὶ, τὸ σκότος πόσον; Ἀπλοῦς ὀφθαλμὸς, ἡ ἀνυπόκριτός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, δι' ἧς ὅταν τὸ σῶμα φωτίζηται, τὰ αὐτὰ τοῖς ἔσωθεν νοούμενοις, καὶ διὰ τῶν ἔξωθεν μερῶν προφέρουσα; ὁ δὲ πονηρὸς ὀφθαλμός ἐστιν ἡ προσποίητος ἀγάπη, ἥτις καὶ ὑπόκρισις καλεῖται· δι' ἧς ἅπαν τὸ σῶμα σκοτίζεται τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. Ἄξια μὲν σκότους πράγ-ματα ἐννοούμενον ἔσωθεν· διὰ δὲ τῶν ἔξωθεν μερῶν, φωτὸς εἶναι
Wolves in sheep’s clothing; cup and dish§2
2They are truly wolves in sheep’s clothing — washing only the outside of cup and dish, not knowing that unless the inside is cleansed the outside cannot be clean.
Greek · §2
δοκοῦντα προφέρον ῥήματα· λύκοι γάρ εἰσιν ὡς ἀληθῶς, προβάτων περιβεβλημένοι δοράς· οἱ τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος μόνον πλύνοντες, καὶ οὐκ εἰδότες, ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ τὸ ἔσωθεν τούτων καθαρισθῇ, οὐδὲ τὸ ἔξωθεν καθαρὸν δύναται
If the light in you is darkness§3
3So the Savior exposes them: If the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness — that is, if what seems to you to be love-as-light is, through hidden hypocrisy, a work worthy of darkness…
Greek · §3
γενέσθαι. ∆ιόπερ τούτους σαφῶς ἐλέγχων, φησὶν ὁ Σωτὴρ, ὅτι· Εἰ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ, σκότος, τὸ σκότος πόσον; Τουτέστιν· εἰ ἡ δοκοῦσά σοι ἀγάπη εἶναι φῶς, διὰ τὴν ἐν
What then of open sins§4
4…what of your open, plain transgressions?
Greek · §4
σοὶ κεκρυμμένην ὑπόκρισιν σκότους ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἔργον, τί τὰ προφανῆ σου παραπτώματα;