ⲡⲉϫⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥpejeiēsousJesus saidϫⲉⲉⲩϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲟⲥjeeushanjoosif they sayⲛⲏⲧⲛnētnto youⲛϭⲓⲛⲉⲧⲥⲱⲕnchinetsōkthose who lead youϩⲏⲧⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛhēttēutnbefore youϫⲉⲉⲓⲥϩⲏⲏⲧⲉjeeishēētebeholdⲉⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟetmntrrothe kingdomϩⲛⲧⲡⲉhntpeis in the skyⲉⲓⲉeiethenⲛϩⲁⲗⲏⲧnhalētthe birdsⲛⲁnawillⲣϣⲟⲣⲡrshorpgo firstⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛerōtnbefore youⲛⲧⲉⲧⲡⲉntetpeof the skyⲉⲩϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲟⲥeushanjoosif they sayⲛⲏⲧⲛnētnto youϫⲉⲥϩⲛⲧⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁjeshntthalassait is in the seaⲉⲓⲉeiethenⲛⲧⲃⲧntbtthe fishⲛⲁnawillⲣϣⲟⲣⲡrshorpgo firstⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛerōtnbefore youⲁⲗⲗⲁallabutⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟtmntrrothe kingdomⲥⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛϩⲟⲩⲛsmpetnhounis inside youⲁⲩⲱauōandⲥⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛⲃⲟⲗsmpetnboland outside youϩⲟⲧⲁⲛhotanwhenⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲁⲛⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛetetnshansouōntēutnyou come to know yourselvesⲧⲟⲧⲉtotethenⲥⲉⲛⲁⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲧⲏⲛⲉsenasouōntēneyou will be knownⲁⲩⲱauōandⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁⲉⲓⲙⲉtetnnaeimeyou will understandϫⲉⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛjentōtnthat youⲡⲉpeareⲛϣⲏⲣⲉnshērethe childrenⲛⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧnpeiōtof the Fatherⲉⲧⲟⲛϩetonhthe livingⲉϣⲱⲡⲉeshōpebut ifⲇⲉdebutⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛtetnnasouōntēutnyou do not know yourselvesⲁⲛannotⲉⲓⲉeiethenⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲟⲟⲡtetnshoopyou dwellϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧϩⲏⲕⲉhnoumnthēkein povertyⲁⲩⲱauōandⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛntōtnyouⲡⲉpeareⲧⲙⲛⲧϩⲏⲕⲉtmnthēkepoverty
The setting
Against those who place the kingdom somewhere far off — up in the sky, out in the sea — Jesus puts it inside and outside the hearer at once, and ties it to knowing oneself.