Where the Fathers quote Mark 2
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1Mark 2:1
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:509…plucking ears of corn on the sabbath vers and he entered again into capernaum after some days and it was heard that he was in the house and straightway many were gathered together so that there…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:113…evangelist called this his own city but mark said he entered again into capernaum after some days and it was heard that he was in the house and immediately many were gathered together so that there…
2Mark 2:2
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1685C…The paralyzed man enjoyed these things. For at the same time he heard, "Your sins are forgiven," and, "Take up your bed and go to your house" (Matt. IX, 2; Mark II, 2). Likewise, the sinful woman obtained f…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:509…some days and it was heard that he was in the house and straightway many were gathered together so that there was no longer room no not even about the door and he preached the word…
3Mark 2:3
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:55C…, et exclamavit dicens: Sine, quid nobis et tibi, Jesu Nazarene? Venisti perdere nos. Et comminatus est ei Jesus: Obmutesce, et exi ex illo. Et exiit ab eo. » Marc. II, 3, 4. — « Veniunt ad eum ferentes paralyt…
4Mark 2:4
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:55…bringing one sick of the palsy and they uncovered the roof and let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay and jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic thy sins are forgiven…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:511…not being able to draw near to him because of the crowd they uncovered the roof where he was and having broken it up they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying and…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:115…four and not being able to approach him because of the crowd they uncovered the roof where he was and having broken it open they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay it is…
5Mark 2:5
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:165A…rpenter on the Sabbath, nor of a smith, nor anything of the other sort; but being God, He performed the work of God. And He says: Take up your bed, and walk (Mark II, 5), that from Him who bore it, the work b…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:323…, which abundantly bestows the remission of sins. For when He was healing the paralytic, the Savior said, as you just heard: "Son, thy sins are forgiven thee" (Mark 2:5); for the remission of sins is the foun…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:523D…ected by a double paralysis; the one from sins, the other from the body. First he loosened the paralysis of sins, saying thus: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee (Mark 2:5). Then, because they were doubting, bla…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:225…faith of those bringing them or the faith of the man himself he said unto the sick of the palsy son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee he calls him son either as…
6Mark 2:6
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:511…is one and the same h verses h and there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts why does this man speak thus he speaks blasphemies who can forgive sins but…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:517…of thought b child your sins are forgiven now there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning…
7Mark 2:7
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1031B…tion of the soul. Indeed, when He granted the remission of sins to the paralytic, faith was not held; for the Jews said: "Who can forgive sins, but God only?" ⟦Marc. II, 7.⟧ Then, since He had done the secret an…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1159…when they said this word concerning the father why does this man speak blasphemies who can forgive sins but god only if therefore the father forgives sins and the son takes away the sin of the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:553…him, that she is a sinner (Luc. 7, 39). But those who did not even call him a prophet, how could they say he was God? No one can forgive sins, but God alone (Marc. 2, 7-8). But Christ says: Why do you think in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:359A…d their own envy for the celebration of a sign. Since, therefore, they were troubled and said, "This man blasphemes; who can forgive sins, but God alone?" (Mark 2:7), let us see what He Himself says. Did…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:61A…saying might be fulfilled: "Wicked servant, I will judge you out of your mouth" (Luke 19. 22). And what did they say? "No one can forgive sins but God alone" (Mark 2. 7); therefore, it follows, neither an ang…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:43B…rophet David says: "Blessed are they whose iniquities were forgiven, and whose sins were covered" (Ps. XXXI, 1). Who is able to forgive sins, except God alone (Mark II, 7)? For men blessing men profit nothing,…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:411…and the pharisees began to think saying who is this who speaks blasphemies who can forgive sins but god alone but as jesus knew their thoughts he answering said to them why do you think in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:971…with such majesty and liberty and indeed were saying this man blasphemeth who can forgive sins but god only he therefore who is lord of the law and of justice and the distributor of rewards and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:763…and the pharisees began to reason saying who is this that speaketh blasphemies who can forgive sins but god alone and jesus b knowing their thoughts answering said to them what do you reason in your…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:519…in their hearts why does this man speak blasphemies who can forgive sins but god alone a behold these drones for that is the fitting name for those scribes leaping upon…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:117…scribes hearing this reasoned he says within themselves 'why does this man speak blasphemies who can forgive sins but god alone ' but the lord as the maker of hearts and knowing the hidden thoughts of…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:59A…virtues of others and seek on all sides a handle for reproach? What, they say, is this man blaspheming? There is no one who can forgive sins except God alone (Mark 2:7). Just as there they persecuted him bec…
9Mark 2:9
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:787C…nd bestows honor with all authority, nor does he need any prayer. Again, when he wished to heal the body of the paralytic, "Arise, take up your bed, and walk" (Marc. 2:9); when to deliver from death, "Talitha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:359…them what is it he says easier to say thy sins are forgiven thee or to say arise and take up thy bed and walk now what he says is of this kind what seems to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:95A…however, came—grace and truth—belongs to the King who with power remits all sins and prepares his own gift. Wherefore he said: Thy sins are forgiven thee (Mark 2. 9); and again: But that you may know tha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:713…of its flowing filth; wash clean Adam, having heard Christ saying: “Arise, take up your pallet, and walk” (Mark 2:9). Is he who falls not able to rise? Sta…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:411…think in your hearts which is easier to say thy sins are forgiven thee or to say arise and walk you see how without waiting for them to reply by speaking or to murmur he encounters…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:55…seeing their faith said to the paralytic thy sins are forgiven thee arise and take up thy bed and walk mark v jesus came into the country of the gerasenes and there met him out of…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:785…a certain evangelical saying what is easier to say thy sins are forgiven thee or to say arise and walk he says that the first is easier since that expression are forgiven does not have a…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:225…think ye evil in your hearts for whether is easier to say thy sins be forgiven thee or to say arise and walk by knowing their thoughts…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:511…what is easier to say to the paralytic your sins are forgiven or to say arise and take up your bed and walk d but that you may know that the son of man has power…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:763…reason in your hearts which is easier to say thy sins are forgiven thee or to say arise and walk but that you may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:1261…answered them he that made me whole the same said unto me take up thy bed and walk then they asked him what man is that which said unto thee take up thy bed and walk…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:937…think ye evil in your hearts for whether is easier to say thy sins be forgiven thee or to say arise and walk but that ye may know that the son of man hath power on…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 146:165D…d of the bishops, with Spyridon present, it was necessary for him to repeat the saying which Christ used to the paralytic, namely, "Take up your bed and walk" (Marc. II, 9); but instead of "bed" (grabatum), he u…
AnonymousPG 106:1095…he is god says what is easier to say thy sins are forgiven thee or to say arise take up thy bed and walk and what he says is such what seems easy to you to…
10Mark 2:10
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1169…for the sake of remission he said to the pharisees that you may know that the son of man has power to forgive sins and when he had said this he ordered the paralytic man to…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:699C…future age there will be a just judgment of recompense. Chapter II But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, He saith (Mark II, 10): Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:711…unto you for what the savior said for a testimony unto them but that ye may know that the son of man hath power to forgive sins on earth the son of man is lord also…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:727…law or the prophets but to fulfill them scholion but that you may know that the son of man has power to forgive sins on earth refutation since therefore the only begotten son of god calls…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:253…brought to him and he says after he had healed his sins but that ye may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins he saith unto him arise take up…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:255A…own power or authority we had made this man walk?" (Acts 3:12). But how does Jesus? "That you may know that the Son of Man has power to forgive sins on earth" (Mark 2:10; Luke 5:24); and again concerning the r…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:359…can forgive sins but god alone he himself subjoined but that you may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins then he said to the paralytic arise take up thy…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:95A…ut that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins, I say—to him who was paralyzed—arise, take up thy bed, and walk into thy house (Mark 2. 10, 11). Do you see how grace comes throug…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:275…suspicion but rather proved it true with these words but that you may know that the son of man has power to forgive sins on the earth he says to the paralytic take up your bed…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:423A…and the Holy Spirit also, hear what is clearly said. For He was saying to the Jews: "That you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins" (Mark 2:10); and again, "That you may be children…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:61…forgiven you ' or to say 'arise and walk' but that you may know that the son of man has power on earth to forgive sins then he says to the paralytic arise take up your…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:567…reins as god he also forgives sins as god but that you may know that the son of man has authority etc c then since in saying your sins are forgiven you there is often room…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:987…for himself the realization of this same thing saying but that you may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins then he says to the paralytic arise take up your…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1277…are forgiven ' or to say 'arise and walk' but that you may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins he said to the paralytic i say to you arise…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1441…is for god alone to forgive sins yet he says that you may know that the son of man has authority to forgive sins d again he says no one has ascended into heaven except he…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:297…granted the forgiveness of sins for he says to them that you may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins he says to the man with the withered hand stretch…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:785…the sins and demonstrating the mastery of the one forgiving he adds but that ye may know that the son of man c hath power on earth to forgive sins et cetera but it was necessary…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1255…very sin from which the penalty arose is removed but that you may know that the son of man has power on earth to forgive sins that you may know he says that he who seems…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:97…the act christ said in luke chapter v v but that you may know that the son of man has power on earth to forgive sins he said to the paralytic i say to thee arise…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:227…indeed great but seems easier to you because it is invisible vers but that ye may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins then saith he to the sick of…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:511…arise and take up your bed and walk d but that you may know that the son of man has power on earth to forgive sins he says to the paralytic i say to you arise…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:763…are forgiven thee or to say arise and walk but that you may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins he said to the paralytic i say to thee arise…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:937…say thy sins be forgiven thee or to say arise and walk but that ye may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins he said to the paralytic i say…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:519…the scribes and he raises up the paralytic c but that you may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins by these words he shows the inseparable union of the…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:59…did not raise him before he said to them but that you may know that the son of man has power on earth to forgive sins then he says to the paralytic arise and walk matt…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:61…a but that you may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins matt it was truly his work and his concern to…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:355…of infirmity for he is the one who says but that you may know that the son of man has power on earth to forgive sins matt but because he wished to teach now he who…
11Mark 2:11
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:641…ed the healing of diseases. The paralytic enjoyed these. For he heard: Thy sins are forgiven thee (Matt. 9:2), and, Take up thy bed, and go into thy house (Mark 2:11; Luke 7:47). Thus the sinful woman obta…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:359…on earth to forgive sins then he said to the paralytic arise take up thy bed and go into thy house and not only here but also elsewhere when they said to him for a good…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:145…does not do so. For whenever he works miracles, he does all things with authority, saying: I will; be thou made clean (Matt. 8:3). Arise, take up thy bed (Mark 2:11). Stretch forth thy hand (Mark 3:5).…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:145…forth thy hand (Mark 3:5). Thy sins are forgiven thee (Matt. 9:2). Hold thy peace, be thou stopped (Mark 4:39). Take up thy bed, and go into thy house (Mark 2:11). I say to thee, thou evil spirit, go…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:55…jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic thy sins are forgiven thee arise and take up thy bed and walk mark v jesus came into the country of the gerasenes and there met him out…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:483A…t. IX, 5); at which time, when the Jews grumbled, he proved that remission by a deed, saying to the paralytic: "Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house" (Marc. II, 11). And concerning God, Paul said: "To th…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:937…hath power on earth to forgive sins he said to the paralytic i say unto thee arise and take up thy bed and go into thine house if god alone delivers us from trespasses a thing…
12Mark 2:12
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:773A…(Luke 7:20, 21). For those who had been healed were giving thanks, and some were even saying: "We have never seen it so in Israel" (Mark 2:12). Others were saying: "God has visited…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:511…taken up the bed went forth before all so that all were amazed and glorified god saying we never saw it so the pharisees indeed accused the lord as a blasphemer because he forgave sins for…
14Mark 2:14
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:361…man sitting at the tax office named matthew and he says to him follow me and he arose and followed him d as he had performed the miracle he did not remain there lest he should…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:709…him sitting at the custom house and said to him arise and follow me and he arose and followed him matt he did not think that he was being summoned by a regal word but he…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:939…power destroying the unholy audacity of those who sin against him ix and as he passed by he saw a man blind from his birth when the jews were drunk with supreme madness and were already…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1211…a healed him vers and as he passed by he saw levi the son of alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom and said unto him follow me…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:761…a man sitting at the tax office named matthew and said to him follow me and he arose and followed him mark chapter ii verse narrates the same in this way and he went out again…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:227…as jesus passed forth from thence he saw a man named matthew sitting at the receipt of custom and he saith unto him follow me and he arose and followed him he did not call him…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:515…a and passing by jesus saw levi the son of alphaeus sitting at the custom house and says to him follow me and rising up he followed him and…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:763…after these things he went forth and saw a publican named levi sitting at the receipt of custom and he said to him follow me and leaving all things he arose and followed him and levi…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:83A…. Origen’s observation, I think, pertained only to this: that no one should think that a certain Levi was one of the apostles. But this is achieved if Levi, in Mark II, 14 and Luke V, 27, is taken as a different…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:83A…t. IX, 9). Therefore, Origen, oblivious of Luke, for the moment, as an argument was adding: "According to some of the copies." But what is achieved if here, in Mark II, 14, in these interpolated codices, instead…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:83A…e corrected differently. But Origen's passage can be adapted to two places in Mark. For on account of "Levi the tax-collector" following, it can be referred to Mark II, 14. But on account of the addition, "of th…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:323…only being called matthew but also levi for he saw he says levi the son of alphaeus sitting at the tax office luke however in place of him who is here called thaddaeus appointed simon the…
15Mark 2:15
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:515…reclined in his house that many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with jesus and his disciples for they were many and they followed him and the scribes and the pharisees seeing him eating with the…
16Mark 2:16
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1141D…ching. For they too used to accuse the Physician of souls and bodies, saying to the holy apostles, "Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?" (Marc. II, 16). And through the prophet, God also say…
17Mark 2:17
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:331…become heirs to the greatness of god and another scripture also says i came not to call the righteous but sinners this means that we must save those who are perishing for it is a great…
Barnabas 1st c.PG 2:689…than all sin in order to show that he did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance then he made it manifest that he is the son of god but who they ask…
Barnabas 1st c.PG 2:705…came not to call the just but sinners to repentance for he came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance barnabas cap compared with matt ix the same cap let us attend therefore lest…
Barnabas 1st c.PG 2:709…men more wicked than every sin so as to show that he came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance then he made it manifest that he is the son of god he writes…
Barnabas 1st c.PG 2:735…beyond all sin that he might show that he did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matth then he manifested himself to be the son of god for if he had not…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:349…incontinent and the unjust for he said thus i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance for the heavenly father desires the repentance of the sinner rather than his punishment and concerning…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:859…of a physician but those who are sick i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance how then will those who are unwell be strengthened and how will sinners do penance whether…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:999…are some remedies provided for the ill of whom the word says they that are whole have no need of the physician but they that are sick and others which show to those who are pure…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:157…form of the image of god because the savior did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matthew was a tax collector and certainly his likeness was like the devil but by coming…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:217…to those who are ill for they that are whole need not the physician but they that are sick tell me you who only on feast days gather at the church are the other days not…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:725…there were some who were righteous he says i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance jesus therefore was to die for the nation that it might not perish and for the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:1377…will give you rest matt xi and again i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matt ix and he adds the reason saying for those who are well have no need…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:277…of a physician but those who are sick i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and indeed he was present being observed by his own angels those very ones who had…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:285…who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance the savior of all was calling then saying come unto me…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:65…who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick i came not to call the just but sinners to repentance being the physician of souls he shall heal those who are…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:167…the tree we would not now have need of this fasting for they that are whole have no need of a physician but they that are sick we were wounded through sin let us be healed…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:745…ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners and jesus answering said unto them they that are whole need not a physician but they that are sick luke v timothy no man that warreth entangleth himself…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:777…that he said unto them they that be whole need not a physician but they that are sick but go ye and learn what that meaneth i will have mercy and not sacrifice for i am…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1201…shall fulfill the law of christ who said i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and who imposed this law upon us if your brother sins go rebuke him if he…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:379…of a physician but those who are sick i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance what therefore is your excuse or that of anyone else when…
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:355…kindness of jesus who took our infirmities and bore our diseases who came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance who desires mercy rather than sacrifice d who forgives sins seventy times seven how…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:1113…such things or do you not know that it is written 'they that are whole have no need of a physician but they that are sick' matt i find you when i will and you me…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1035…just but sinners to repentance because they that are whole need not the physician but they that are sick if therefore christ the lamb of god who takes away the sins of the world came into…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:437…knowledge of the truth tim and he himself said to the jews i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matt and again through the prophet i desire mercy and not sacrifice hos…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:747…such as these that he calls for i came not he says to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and here too he speaks of those who are burdened those who have labored those who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:397…it were you a sinner god does not send you away for i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matt a harlot was saved because she grasped his feet did you hear…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:565…you have i fled to him then you also flee who said i came not to call the righteous but sinners who said they who are well have no need of a physician but they who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:661…wise for he is the physician who says i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and those who are healthy have no need of a physician but those who are ill…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:721…a thief first into paradise that i may persuade the world that i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance to christ himself be glory for ever and ever amen h admonition on…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:647…much the more did he care for them and cried out saying they that are whole have no need of a physician but they that are sick matt c and he deemed those tax collectors and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:721…for thus the master says in the gospels i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matt ix consistently paul also said christ jesus came into the world to save sinners of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:741…invisibly place upon you the saving medicine for he did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance he came to you who are lying down rise up then take up your mat and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:731…did i seek the place of capture but i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matth therefore i say to you her sins are forgiven for she loved much but he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:737…the righteous or sinners for he says thus i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matt i am a sinner he says and how shall i enter into the church that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:633…not believe in him be saved by changing as he himself says i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matt and when even after enjoying such great care they do not wish…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:925…tim especially those who turn from sin for you did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance for those who are whole have no need of a physician but those who are sick…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:193…of his descent from heaven for i have not come he says to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and those who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:265…fitting for those who are lovers of sin said at one time they that are whole have no need of a physician but they that are sick and at another time i came not to call…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:1017…into the world to save sinners and he himself also says somewhere i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance therefore christ gathered those whom satan having crushed them through sin had rendered…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:621…for them for he said they that are whole need not a physician but they that are sick for the law given through moses forbade you to associate with the wicked lest being weak and prone…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:607…prove himself truthful when he says to us i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance what then shall we say to these things the grace of the savior is intended first…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:693…most necessary which we have received from his own mouth c for i came not to call the just but sinners to repentance before the saving cross therefore and the resurrection from the dead since the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:709…of his own mission he would sometimes say i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and again those who are well have no need of a physician but those who are…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:875…the remission of internal vices for he said i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and again…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:321…he says since as he himself says again i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:911…feet that is even if they feign the evangelical preaching which said i came not to call the just but sinners to repentance and they that are whole need not the physician but they that are…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:75…a physician but they that are sick and i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and through ezechiel the prophet do…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:551…who approached and the robber who believed and the words of benevolence i came not to call the just but sinners to repentance for they that are whole need not the physician but they that are…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1841…but that he return and live and again i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance if therefore it is so and we believe it to be so let us cast our…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1519…his body and who hear from him that i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance let us strive through repentance to entreat the god who forgets past wrongs so that we…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:453…in perfect love toward one another for this reason he cried out i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and they that are whole need not a physician but they that are…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1001…salvation in you through all things he comes who did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance that he may recall those who are wanderers through sin do not be afraid therefore god…
Peter of Sicily 9th–10th c.PG 104:1309…unbelief and are voluntarily blinded for i came not says the lord to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and we know that repentance is born of nothing other than a voluntary b choice for…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:807…here said how then will that saying not appear in clear opposition i came not to call the righteous but sinners if one were to take the judgment of this passage by dividing mankind into a…
Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:575…is so the lord himself teaches us saying i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:761…and jesus answering said to them they that are whole need not the physician but they that are sick i came not to call the just but sinners to penance so much for the evangelists concerning…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:913…of christ as your master says somewhere in his own words 'i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance' matt ix and how he reclined at table with tax collectors and associated with…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1171…is great joy in heaven over one sinner who repents and again i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance luke v and he says also through the prophet as i live says…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:227…that he said unto them they that be whole need not a physician but they that are sick but go ye and learn what that meaneth i will have mercy and not sacrifice for i am…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:253…himself to those blaming him stating the reason i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance yet christ did not neglect the harsh way of life having lived in the desert with…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:515…of a physician but those who are ill i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance b after fulfilling the miracle of the paralytic the lord goes out to the sea perhaps…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:765…of a physician but those who are sick i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matthew does not conceal his own name but openly proclaims it saying jesus saw matthew the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:939…are wandering on the broad and spacious ways of sin he who came not to call the righteous but sinners and he invites them generously rather than those supposedly knowledgeable wealthy people who are indulgent toward…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:73A…did not baptize, but his disciples," ch. 4, v. 2. "His disciples." 4, 31. Some books have "his" written out. "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." Mark 2, 17. Some codices and the Vulgate, Syriac,…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:357…economy and he answered those who complained saying i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance nor yet did he neglect the harsh way of life having lived in the desert with…
Manuel I Komnenos c. 1118–1180PG 133:715…from your subject fortress attalia but by the benevolence of god who came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance i came to the recognition of my sins and received holy baptism through the…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:145…sake of sinners bowed the heavens and descended for he himself said i came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance ps xvii he therefore who does not receive one who repents from sin…
Matthew Blastares fl. c. 1335PG 145:17…sinners bowed the heavens and descended who said he had not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance whose mercy forgives all our sins who also said through the prophet speak you first your…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:45…not come then and when he did come he did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and it is for them especially that he who takes away the sin of the world…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:193…taught repentance for our sake for he says i have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance therefore he did not refuse to eat and drink with publicans and sinners and for this…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1583…for its sake alone therefore did the savior come as he says i came not to call the righteous but sinners since then it has been shown that the flesh is dear to god and precious…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:433…want of them but since the physician of souls did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance matt ix he placed first in the call in each pairing that which was deemed reprobate…
AnonymousPG 86:3259…did i not become man for your sake did i not say i came not to call the righteous but sinners why have you not repented why did you endure anything for my sake what do…
18Mark 2:18
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:515…you think that sinners are called without their own amendment vers d and the disciples of john and pharisees fasting and they come and say to him why do the disciples of john h from the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:765…others murmur because he eats with sinners c and they said to him why do the disciples of john fast often and offer prayers likewise also the disciples of the pharisees but yours eat and drink…
19Mark 2:19
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1497B…e testimony to these things which we say with a heavenly voice, saying: "Can the children of the bridegroom (65) fast as long as the bridegroom is with them?" (Marc. II, 19). Nor did He reject circumcision, but r…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:391…i not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread and can the children of the bridechamber fast as long as the bridegroom is with them but where there is famine and thirst there also…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:365…vainglorious and superfluous men but with gentleness he discusses with them saying can the children of the bridechamber fast as long as the bridegroom is with them for when the discourse was on behalf of others…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:573…adds v and he said to them can you make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them b observe for me again how christ proves that they were not participants in…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:993…words the heretics try to interpret maliciously and craftily hear him saying can the children of the bridechamber fast as long as the bridegroom is with them which is to say it is not possible it…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1913…does the seed of the righteous seek bread nor do the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is present with them d now the phrase hades has enlarged its soul signifies the suffering of…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1713…did not fast silenced them saying can the children of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them but the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them and then they…
20Mark 2:20
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:885…the lord said because of their unbelief that the kingdom of god shall be taken away from them and shall be given to a nation producing its fruits that is to say because he has given…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:889…least observe the sabbath for the lord says somewhere regarding himself speaking when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them then shall they fast in those days b in these days therefore he was taken…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:555…into temptations so that even that which they seem to have may be taken away from them and like the fig tree that was cursed and plucked up by the roots c because it did not…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:513…himself says the days will come he says when the bridegroom will be taken away from them and then they shall fast in those days many feast days therefore are observed according to the law there…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:741…of the bridechamber fast as long as the bridegroom is with them the bridegroom shall be taken away from them and then they will fast do you see then how he himself also knew the time…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:195…my mountains and they shall be for a trampling and their yoke shall be taken away from them and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders when he says to destroy the assyrians in…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1291…should fast on these days so that the saying might be fulfilled when the bridegroom shall be taken from them then shall they fast in those days and this is not so that we might confer…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:617…a and their yoke shall be taken away from them and their glory from their shoulders now israel according to the flesh because they suppose the land to…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:725…of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them but the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them and then shall they fast matt ix etc therefore brethren not…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:663…them observe at least the saturday for the lord says concerning it when the bridegroom shall be taken away then they shall fast in those days in these days therefore he was taken away from us…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:367…things when they became stronger just as he says here also d the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them and then shall they fast therefore let us not require everything…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:457…three days i will raise it up john and the days shall come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them matt and here there shall no sign be given it but the sign of the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:731…for sowing but for fasting and prayer every time is suitable for the bridegroom shall be taken away from them and then they shall fast if therefore this work escapes us at other times behold now…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:385…my mountains and they shall be for a trampling and their yoke shall be taken away from them and their glory shall be removed from their shoulders the blessed isaiah prophesies during the reigns of uzziah…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:573…to us he adds most prudently the days will come when indeed the bridegroom shall be taken away from them then they shall fast in those days for all things are good in their own season…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:45…the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them and then they will fast matt ix therefore let us understand the…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1713…the children of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them but the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them and then they shall fast in those days to him…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:229…of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them but the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them and then they shall fast the present time he says…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1315…of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them but the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them and then they shall fast the leader of their heresy claimed…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:109…the heavens we expect him with firm hope d for he says when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them then shall they fast matt ix hence it is clear that those who are called…
AnonymousPG 106:1097…of my way of life is a cause of joy for them the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them what is it that he says that no one puts a…
21Mark 2:21
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1401D…very drop. Col. 1006 D. Neither could it easily. We have added here many things passed over by the interpreter from the recited Gospel. Matth. IX, 16, and Mark II, 21, up to the end of this period, the inte…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:517…may be healed of his sin c vers and no man soweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old and the…
22Mark 2:22
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1459…lord jesus christ spoke of these by parables no man can put new wine into old bottles else the bottles break and the wine runneth out but new wine must be put into new bottles since…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:441…piece of new cloth unto an old garment neither do men put new wine into old bottles else the bottles break and the wine runneth out but they put new wine into new bottles b for…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:345…it seems to me that it was also said in the gospel no man putteth new wine into old bottles but he said a bellows and added burst because he had begun to speak and as…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:9…skins and it will be spilled and the skins will be ruined but new wine must be put into new wineskins and both are preserved s basil in prov to cast the mysteries of salvation before…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:517…up taketh away from the old and the rent is made worse and no man putteth new wine into old bottles else the new wine doth burst the bottles and the wine is spilled and the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:765…wineskins and it will be spilled and the wineskins will be ruined but new wine must be put into new wineskins and both are preserved and no one who has drunk old wine immediately wants new…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:337…any pardon if they pour out the good and new wine for new wine must be put into new skins the new and spiritual wine which also is fervent with the holy spirit namely the understanding…
23Mark 2:23
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:1013B…Nicodemus. During those same days of the Passover, Christ removed the merchants from the temple. Afterwards, He passed through the cornfields, Matthew XII, 1, Mark II, 23, Luke VI, 1. There follow the deeds in…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:259…the mother of christ and his brethren vers at that time jesus went through the corn fields on the sabbath and his disciples being hungry began to pluck the ears and to eat breaking the legal…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:517…christ being new cannot serve archaic customs and laws d vers and it came to pass that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day and his disciples began as they went to pluck…
24Mark 2:24
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:517…his disciples began as they went to pluck the ears of corn and the pharisees said unto him behold why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful and he said unto them…
25Mark 2:25
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:291…in the gospels mentions this history concerning david saying have you not read what david did when he was hungry and those who were with him how he entered into the house of god and ate…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:517…why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful and he said unto them have ye never read what david did when he had need and was an hungred he and they that…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1221…rebuking the apostles for plucking the ears of grain have you not read what david did when he had need and he and those with him were hungry how he entered into the house of god…
26Mark 2:26
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:355…ears have you not read what david did when he was hungry how he went into the house of god and ate the loaves of the presence and gave to those who were with him which…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:435A…was done under Abiathar the priest—not speaking things contrary to history, but showing that he had two names—and adds that he himself gave the loaves to him (Mark 2:26); and at the same time he brings forwar…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:517…need and was an hungred he and they that were with him how he went into the house of god in the days of abiathar…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:767…did when he was hungry he and those who were with him how he went into the house of god and took the bread of the presence and ate and gave also to those who were…
OrigenesPG 16:771…me for i will pass into the tabernacle leading them even to the house of god in the voice of praise and thanksgiving a crowd keeping festival why are you cast down o my soul and…
27Mark 2:27
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:1121…how the sabbath is to be observed against the manichaean and that the sabbath was made for man and man is more than the sabbath the law of the sabbath abrogated by christ the various kinds…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:435D…peaking about himself. But Mark records that he said this regarding the common nature: "The Sabbath," he says, "was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27). Why then was he who gathered wood on…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:1097…and bear it ill of whom it is not yet explored that the sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath and that the son of man is lord even of the sabbath…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:519…them also to those who were with him and he said to them the sabbath was made for man not man for the sabbath therefore the son of man is lord also of the sabbath the…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:815…preferred to the observance of the sabbath for the sabbath was created for man and not man for the sabbath but so that this may not become an occasion for wickedness to those who live carelessly…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:569…those who were with him on the day of the sabbath for the sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath but also other things…
28Mark 2:28
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:711…that the son of man hath power to forgive sins on earth the son of man is lord also of the sabbath judas iscariot who became a traitor for this instead of he came down with…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:165A…, a strange overseer, demanding claims for himself. But since the Sabbath was His own, for this reason He says that the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath (Mark II, 28). And He says: Man was not made for th…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:519…them the sabbath was made for man not man for the sabbath therefore the son of man is lord also of the sabbath the disciples of the lord pluck ears of corn as they were no…