Fragments on Matthew · §68

Matthew 6:25

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Since soul and body are more honorable than foods and garments, one must also despise the lesser things and care for the more honorable — I mean soul and body (Matthew 6:25).

Greek

Ἐπειδήπερ ἡ ψυχὴ καὶ τὸ σῶμα τιμιώτερά ἐστιν τῶν τροφῶν καὶ τῶν ἐνδυμάτων, καὶ τῶν ἐλαττόνων καταφρονητέον, ἐπιμελητέον δὲ καὶ τῶν τιμιωτέρων, ψυχῆς λέγω καὶ σώματος.

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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.

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