Matthew 23:15

15WoeΟὐαὶto youὑμῖν,scribesγραμματεῖςandκαὶPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιhypocritesὑποκριταί,Forὅτιyou traverseπεριάγετεtheτὴνseaθάλασσανandκαὶtheτὴνdry [land]ξηρὰνto makeποιῆσαιoneἕναconvertπροσήλυτον,andκαὶwhenὅτανhe has become [so]γένηταιyou makeποιεῖτεhimαὐτὸνa sonυἱὸνof hellγεέννηςtwofold moreδιπλότερονthan yourselvesὑμῶν.

Woe to you⁺, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you⁺ traverse the sea and the dry land to make one convert, and when he might become one, you⁺ make him twofold more a son of Gehenna than yourselves.

Vocab difficulty

69.1

Rare words

  • προσήλυτον

    προσήλυτος

    (lit: that has come to), a proselyte, that is a non-Jew, who has been circumcised and has adopted the Jews' religion.

  • διπλότερον

    διπλοῦς

    double, two-fold.