Matthew 6:24
The un-money-loving manner is a good master; the one who loves money is a base one. So one must cling to the one. It is not possible to please both, for they are different and opposite habits (Matthew 6:24).
Greek
Ἀγαθὸς δεσπότης ὁ ἀφιλάργυρος τρόπος, φαῦλος δὲ ὁ ἐρῶν χρη μάτων. διὸ τῷ ἑνὶ προσθετέον· οὐ γὰρ δυνατὸν τοῖς δυσὶν ἀρέσαι δια φόρου καὶ ἐναντίας οὖσιν ἕξεως.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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