Matthew · Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
Matthew 13 Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
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Notes on this text (3)
- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
1 εν δε τη ημερα εκεινη εξελθων ο ιησους της οικιας εκαθητο παρα την θαλασσαν·
1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside.
2 και συνηχθησαν προς αυτον οχλοι πολλοι, ωστε αυτον εις πλοιον εμβαντα καθησθαι, και πας ο οχλος επι τον αιγιαλον ειστηκει.
2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.
3 και ελαλησεν αυτοις πολλα εν παραβολαις λεγων· ιδου εξηλθεν ο σπειρων του σπειραι.
3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
4 και εν τω σπειρειν αυτον α μεν επεσεν παρα την οδον, και ελθοντα τα πετεινα κατεφαγεν αυτα·
4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
5 αλλα δε επεσεν επι τα πετρωδη, οπου ουκ ειχεν γην πολλην, και ευθεως εξανετειλεν δια το μη εχειν βαθος γης,
5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
6 ηλιου δε ανατειλαντος εκαυματισθη, και δια το μη εχειν ριζαν εξηρανθη·
6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
7 αλλα δε επεσεν επι τας ακανθας, και ανεβησαν αι ακανθαι και απεπνιξαν αυτα·
7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
8 αλλα δε επεσεν επι την γην την καλην και εδιδου καρπον ο μεν εκατον, ο δε εξηκοντα, ο δε τριακοντα.
8 Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
9 ο εχων ωτα ακουειν ακουετω.
9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10 και προσελθοντες οι μαθηται ειπον αυτω· διατι εν παραβολαις λαλεις αυτοις;
10 The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
11 ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν αυτοις· οτι υμιν δεδοται γνωναι τα μυστηρια της βασιλειας των ουρανων, εκεινοις δε ου δεδοται.
11 He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
12 οστις γαρ εχει, δοθησεται αυτω και περισσευθησεται· οστις δε ουκ εχει, και ο εχει αρθησεται απ αυτου.
12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
13 δια τουτο εν παραβολαις αυτοις λαλω, ινα βλεποντες μη βλεπωσιν και ακουοντες μη ακουωσιν μηδε συνωσιν, μηποτε επιστρεψωσιν·
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.
14 και τοτε πληρωθησεται αυτοις η προφητεια ησαιου [η] λεγουσα· ακοη ακουσετε και ου μη συνητε, και βλεποντες βλεψετε και ου μη ιδητε·
14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive;
15 επαχυνθη γαρ η καρδια του λαου τουτου, και τοις ωσιν βαρεως ηκουσαν, και τους οφθαλμους αυτων εκαμμυσαν, μηποτε ιδωσιν τοις οφθαλμοις και τοις ωσιν ακουσωσιν και τη καρδια συνωσιν και επιστρεψωσιν, και ιασομαι αυτους.
15 for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.’
16 υμων δε μακαριοι οι οφθαλμοι, οτι βλεπουσιν, και τα ωτα υμων, οτι ακουουσιν.
16 “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
17 αμην γαρ λεγω υμιν οτι πολλοι προφηται και δικαιοι επεθυμησαν ιδειν α βλεπετε, και ουκ ειδον, και ακουσαι α ακουετε, και ουκ ηκουσαν.
17 For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.
18 υμεις ουν ακουσατε την παραβολην του σπειραντος.
18 “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
19 παντος ακουοντος τον λογον της βασιλειας και μη συνιεντος, ερχεται ο πονηρος και αιρει το εσπαρμενον εν τη καρδια αυτου· ουτος εστιν ο παρα την οδον σπαρεις.
19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
20 ο δε επι τα πετρωδη σπαρεις, ουτος εστιν ο τον λογον ακουων και ευθεως μετα χαρας [δεχομενος και] λαμβανων αυτον·
20 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it;
21 ουκ εχει δε ριζαν εν εαυτω, αλλα προσκαιρος εστιν, γενομενης δε θλιψεως η διωγμου δια τον λογον ευθυς σκανδαλιζεται.
21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
22 ο δε εις τας ακανθας σπαρεις, ουτος εστιν ο τον λογον ακουων, και η μεριμνα του αιωνος τουτου και η απατη του πλουτου συμπνιγει τον λογον, και ακαρπος γινεται.
22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
23 ο δε επι την γην την καλην σπαρεις, ουτος εστιν ο τον λογον ακουων και συνιων· ος δη καρποφορει και ποιει ο μεν εκατον, ο δε εξηκοντα, ο δε τριακοντα.
23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
24 αλλην παραβολην παρεθηκεν αυτοις λεγων· ωμοιωθη η βασιλεια των ουρανων ανθρωπω σπειραντι καλον σπερμα εν τω αγρω αυτου·
24 He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
25 εν δε τω καθευδειν τους ανθρωπους ηλθεν αυτου ο εχθρος και εσπειρεν ζιζανια ανα μεσον του σιτου και απηλθεν.
25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.
26 οτε δε εβλαστησεν ο χορτος και καρπον εποιησεν, τοτε εφανη και τα ζιζανια.
26 But when the blade sprang up and produced grain, then the darnel weeds appeared also.
27 προσελθοντες δε οι δουλοι του οικοδεσποτου ειπον αυτω· κυριε, ουχι καλον σπερμα εσπειρας εν τω [σω] αγρω; ποθεν ουν εχει ζιζανια;
27 The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?’
28 ο δε εφη αυτοις· εχθρος ανθρωπος τουτο εποιησεν. οι δε δουλοι ειπον αυτω· θελεις ουν απελθοντες συλλεξωμεν αυτα;
28 “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’
29 ο δε εφη· ου, μηποτε συλλεγοντες τα ζιζανια εκριζωσητε αμα αυτοις τον σιτον·
29 “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
30 αφετε συναυξανεσθαι αμφοτερα μεχρι του θερισμου, και εν καιρω του θερισμου ερω τοις θερισταις· συλλεξατε πρωτον τα ζιζανια και δησατε αυτα εις δεσμας προς το κατακαυσαι αυτα, τον δε σιτον συναγαγετε εις την αποθηκην μου.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
31 αλλην παραβολην παρεθηκεν αυτοις λεγων· ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων κοκκω σιναπεως, ον λαβων ανθρωπος εσπειρεν εν τω αγρω αυτου·
31 He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field,
32 ο μικροτερον μεν εστιν παντων των σπερματων, οταν δε αυξηθη, μειζον [παντων] των λαχανων εστιν και γινεται δενδρον, ωστε ελθειν τα πετεινα του ουρανου και κατασκηνουν εν τοις κλαδοις αυτου.
32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”
33 αλλην παραβολην ελαλησεν αυτοις· ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων ζυμη, ην λαβουσα γυνη ενεκρυψεν εις αλευρου σατα τρια, εως ου εζυμωθη ολον.
33 He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
34 ταυτα παντα ελαλησεν ο ιησους εν παραβολαις τοις οχλοις, και χωρις παραβολης ουδεν ελαλει αυτοις,
34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
35 οπως πληρωθη το ρηθεν δια του προφητου λεγοντος· ανοιξω εν παραβολαις το στομα μου, ερευξομαι κεκρυμμενα απο καταβολης κοσμου.
35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
36 τοτε αφεις τους οχλους ηλθεν εις την οικιαν αυτου. και προσηλθον αυτω οι μαθηται αυτου λεγοντες· φρασον ημιν την παραβολην των ζιζανιων του αγρου.
36 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”
37 ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν αυτοις· ο σπειρων το καλον σπερμα εστιν ο υιος του ανθρωπου·
37 He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
38 ο δε αγρος εστιν ο κοσμος· το δε καλον σπερμα, ουτοι εισιν οι υιοι της βασιλειας· τα δε ζιζανια εισιν οι υιοι του πονηρου·
38 the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
39 ο δε εχθρος ο σπειρας αυτα εστιν ο διαβολος· ο δε θερισμος συντελεια του αιωνος εστιν· οι δε θερισται αγγελοι εισιν.
39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
40 ωσπερ ουν συλλεγεται τα ζιζανια και πυρι καιεται, ουτως εσται εν τη συντελεια του αιωνος τουτου.
40 As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.
41 αποστελει ο υιος του ανθρωπου τους αγγελους αυτου, και συλλεξουσιν εκ της βασιλειας αυτου παντα τα σκανδαλα και τους ποιουντας την ανομιαν,
41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling and those who do iniquity,
42 και βαλουσιν αυτους εις την καμινον του πυρος· εκει εσται ο κλαυθμος και ο βρυγμος των οδοντων.
42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 τοτε οι δικαιοι εκλαμψουσιν ως ο ηλιος εν τη βασιλεια του πατρος αυτων. ο εχων ωτα ακουειν ακουετω.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
44 παλιν ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων θησαυρω κεκρυμμενω εν [τω] αγρω, ον ευρων ανθρωπος εκρυψεν, και απο της χαρας αυτου υπαγει και παντα οσα εχει πωλει και αγοραζει τον αγρον εκεινον.
44 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
45 παλιν ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων ανθρωπω εμπορω ζητουντι καλους μαργαριτας·
45 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
46 ος ευρων ενα πολυτιμον μαργαριτην απελθων πεπρακεν παντα οσα ειχεν και ηγορασεν αυτον.
46 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
47 παλιν ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων σαγηνη βληθειση εις την θαλασσαν και εκ παντος γενους συναγαγουση·
47 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some fish of every kind,
48 ην, οτε επληρωθη, αναβιβασαντες αυτην επι τον αιγιαλον και καθισαντες συνελεξαν τα καλα εις αγγεια, τα δε σαπρα εξω εβαλον.
48 which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
49 ουτως εσται εν τη συντελεια του αιωνος. εξελευσονται οι αγγελοι και αφοριουσιν τους πονηρους εκ μεσου των δικαιων,
49 So it will be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
50 και βαλουσιν αυτους εις την καμινον του πυρος· εκει εσται ο κλαυθμος και ο βρυγμος των οδοντων.
50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
51 λεγει αυτοις ο ιησους· συνηκατε ταυτα παντα; λεγουσιν αυτω, ναι, κυριε.
51 Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
52 ο δε ειπεν αυτοις· δια τουτο πας γραμματευς μαθητευθεις εις την βασιλειαν των ουρανων ομοιος εστιν ανθρωπω οικοδεσποτη, οστις εκβαλλει εκ του θησαυρου αυτου καινα και παλαια.
52 He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
53 και εγενετο οτε ετελεσεν ο ιησους τας παραβολας ταυτας μετηρεν εκειθεν,
53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
54 και ελθων εις την πατριδα αυτου εδιδασκεν αυτους εν τη συναγωγη αυτων, ωστε εκπληττεσθαι αυτους και λεγειν· ποθεν τουτω η σοφια αυτη και αι δυναμεις;
54 Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
55 ουχ ουτος εστιν ο του τεκτονος υιος; ουχι η μητηρ αυτου λεγεται μαριαμ και οι αδελφοι αυτου ιακωβος και ιωσης και σιμων και ιουδας;
55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
56 και αι αδελφαι αυτου ουχι πασαι προς ημας εισιν; ποθεν ουν τουτω ταυτα παντα;
56 Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”
57 και εσκανδαλιζοντο εν αυτω. ο δε ιησους ειπεν αυτοις· ουκ εστιν προφητης ατιμος ει μη εν τη πατριδι αυτου και εν τη οικια αυτου.
57 They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house.”
58 και ουκ εποιησεν εκει δυναμεις πολλας δια την απιστιαν αυτων.
58 He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
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- 1 Luke 8:4–10; Matthew 13:1–15; Mark 4:1–12; Matthew 13:36
- 2 Luke 5:3; Matthew 15:30; Luke 8:4–8; Genesis 49:10; Matthew 4:25
- 3 Mark 4:2–9; Mark 4:13; Psalm 78:2; Mark 4:33; Matthew 13:34–35
- 4 Matthew 13:18–19
- 5 Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 11:19; Zechariah 7:12; Amos 6:12; Matthew 13:20
- 6 James 1:11–12; Matthew 13:21; Luke 8:13; Isaiah 49:10; Colossians 1:23
- 7 Mark 4:18–19; Jeremiah 4:3–4; Genesis 3:18; Matthew 13:22
- 8 John 15:8; Luke 8:15; Matthew 13:23; Genesis 26:12; Galatians 5:22–23
- 9 Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:11; Matthew 11:15; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 3:13
- 10 Mark 4:33–34; Mark 4:10
- 11 1 Corinthians 2:9–10; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Matthew 19:11; James 1:5; 1 John 2:27
- 12 Matthew 25:29; Mark 4:24–25; Luke 8:18; Luke 19:24–26; John 15:2–5
- 13 Ezekiel 12:2; Jeremiah 5:21; Isaiah 42:18–20; 2 Corinthians 4:3–4; Deuteronomy 29:3–4
- 14 Isaiah 6:9–10; Ezekiel 12:2; 2 Corinthians 3:14; Luke 8:10; Acts 28:25–27
- 15 Isaiah 6:10; Zechariah 7:11; Mark 4:12; John 8:43–44; 2 Timothy 2:25–26
- 16 Luke 10:23–24; Ephesians 1:17–18; Matthew 16:17; John 20:29; Acts 26:18
- 17 John 8:56; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 1:10–12; Luke 10:24; Hebrews 11:39–40
- 18 Matthew 13:11–12; Luke 8:11–15; Mark 4:13–20
- 19 Luke 8:11–15; Hebrews 2:1; Matthew 13:38; 1 John 5:18; Matthew 4:23
- 20 Ezekiel 33:31–32; Psalm 106:12–13; John 5:35; 2 Chronicles 24:2; Psalm 78:34–37
- 21 Matthew 11:6; 2 Peter 1:8–9; Ephesians 3:17; Hosea 6:4; Job 19:28
- 22 1 Timothy 6:17; Luke 8:14; 1 Timothy 6:9–10; Mark 4:18–19; Luke 12:15
- 23 Philippians 1:11; Matthew 12:33; John 15:16; Galatians 5:22–23; Psalm 92:13–15
- 24 Matthew 25:1; Matthew 13:47; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 22:2; Matthew 13:37
- 25 1 Peter 5:8; Acts 20:30–31; 2 Peter 2:1; Matthew 13:39; Hebrews 12:15
- 26 Mark 4:26–29
- 27 Romans 16:17; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 Corinthians 5:18–20; 1 Corinthians 12:28–29; 2 Corinthians 6:4
- 28 1 Corinthians 5:3–7; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Luke 9:49–54; Jude 22–23; 2 Corinthians 2:6–11
- 30 Matthew 3:12; 1 Timothy 5:24; 1 Corinthians 4:5; John 15:6; Malachi 3:18–4:1
- 31 Luke 13:18–19; Matthew 17:20; Mark 4:30–32; Luke 17:6; Matthew 13:24
- 32 Ezekiel 31:6; Daniel 4:12; Ezekiel 17:23–24; Acts 21:20; Zechariah 8:20–23
- 33 Galatians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 5:6–7; Luke 13:21; Philippians 2:13–15; Genesis 18:6
- 34 Mark 4:33–34; John 16:25; Matthew 13:13
- 35 Psalm 78:2; Ephesians 3:9; 1 Peter 1:20–21; Romans 16:25–26; 1 Corinthians 2:7
- 36 Matthew 13:11; John 16:17–20; Matthew 13:1; Mark 8:9; Mark 6:45
- 37 1 Corinthians 3:5–7; Acts 1:8; Matthew 13:27; Matthew 13:24; Luke 10:16
- 38 John 8:44; Acts 13:10; Philippians 3:18–19; 1 John 3:8–10; 1 Peter 1:23
- 39 Matthew 13:49; Revelation 14:15–19; Matthew 25:31; Joel 3:13; Revelation 19:20
- 40 Matthew 13:39
- 41 Matthew 24:31; Revelation 21:27; Matthew 18:7; 2 Peter 2:1–2; Matthew 13:49
- 42 Matthew 13:50; Revelation 20:10; Revelation 20:14–15; Matthew 8:12; Luke 16:23–24
- 43 Daniel 12:3; Luke 12:32; Matthew 25:34; 1 Corinthians 15:41–54; Matthew 11:15
- 44 Proverbs 2:2–5; Colossians 2:3; Philippians 3:7–9; Matthew 6:21; Luke 14:33
- 45 Proverbs 8:10–11; Matthew 16:26; Proverbs 3:13–18; Job 28:18; Matthew 13:24
- 46 Luke 18:28–30; Ephesians 3:8; Proverbs 2:4; Acts 20:24; Colossians 2:3
- 47 John 15:6; 2 Timothy 3:2–5; Matthew 22:9–10; 2 Timothy 4:3–4; 1 John 4:1–6
- 48 Matthew 13:30; Matthew 3:12; Matthew 13:40–43
- 49 Revelation 20:12–15; Matthew 13:39; Matthew 24:31; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–10; Matthew 22:12–14
- 50 Revelation 14:10–11; Luke 13:27–28; Matthew 13:42; Matthew 8:12; Revelation 16:10–11
- 51 Mark 4:34; Matthew 13:19; Matthew 13:11; Matthew 15:17; Matthew 24:15
- 52 1 John 2:7–8; Titus 1:9; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Corinthians 3:4–6; Titus 2:6–7
- 53 Matthew 7:28; Mark 4:33–35
- 54 John 7:15–16; Matthew 7:28; Mark 6:1–6; Matthew 2:23; Luke 4:16–30
- 55 Mark 6:3; John 6:42; Luke 3:23; Mark 15:47–16:1; Luke 4:22
- 57 John 4:44; Luke 4:24; Matthew 11:6; Isaiah 53:3; John 6:61
- 58 Mark 6:5–6; Romans 11:20; Hebrews 3:12–19; Luke 4:25–29
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Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Both yesterday and to-day ye have heard the parables of the sower, in the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. Do ye who were present yesterday, recollect to-day.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
We have good cause to admire the disciples, how, longing as they do to learn, they know when they ought to ask. For they do it not before all: and this Matthew shows by saying, "And they came." And, as to this assertion not being conjecture, Mark hath expressed it more distinctly, by saying, that "they came to Him privately." …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire." And as to those who are not living pursuant to these His teachings, and are Christians only in name, we demand that all such be punished by you.
… no such thing as good and evil, but certain things were deemed righteous, and certain others unrighteous, in human opinion only, He never would have expressed Himself thus in His teaching: "The righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father;" but He shall send the unrighteous, and those who do not the works of righteousness, …
For Thou hast said unto man, "Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;" and desire not to seem wise, because, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." But I had now found the goodly pearl, which, selling all that I had, I ought to have bought; and I hesitated.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)