Papyrus Merton 51
The following translation is based
on the Greek text printed in the second volume of A
Descriptive Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the Collection
of Wilfred Merton F.S.A., edited by B.R. Rees, H.I.
Bell, and J.W.B. Barns.
Now when
all the peop]le and tax-collectors heard they acknowledged God's
justice, confessing their own sins. The Pharisees, however, were
not baptized by John. Instead, they rejected the will of God and
the commandment of God. Likewise, God rejected them. . .
Recto
01 [and when all the peop]le
and tax-collect[ors]
02 [heard] they acknowledged God's justice,
03 [confessing] their own sins.
04 [But the Pharisees] were [n]ot baptized
05 [by John. Instead, the wi]ll of God
06 [and the commandment of Go]d they rejected.
07 [Likewise, God] rejected [them.]
08 [ . . . w]ith hi[m]
Verso
01 [ . . . ] bring[ing] forth
[ . . . ]
02 [bri]ng forth as from e[vil . . . ]
03 [tr]ee and when [you] send [from the]
04 [go]od treasure of th[e heart . . . ]
05 destroy [ . . . ]
06 [of i]t not [ . . . ]
07 [ . . . ] you do not [ . . . ]
08 [ . . . ] say[ing . . . ]
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