Where the Fathers quote Matthew 6
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John ChrysostomPG 57:273expounds v.1“Προσεχετε την ελεημοσυνην υμων μη ποιειν εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων προς το θεαθηναι αυτοις· ει δε μηγε μισθον ουκ εχετε παρα τω πατρι υμων τω εν τοις ουρ”On Matthew 6:1: «Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:837expounds v.1“Προσεχετε την ελεημοσυνην υμων μη ποιειν εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων προς το θεαθηναι αυτοις· ει δε μηγε μισθον ουκ εχετε παρα τω πατρι υμων τω εν τοις ουρ”142. On «Let your light shine» and its consistency with «Beware of practicing your righteousness [alms] before men».
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1092expounds v.1“Προσεχετε την ελεημοσυνην υμων μη ποιειν εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων προς το θεαθηναι αυτοις· ει δε μηγε, μισθον ουκ εχετε παρα τω πατρι υμων τω εν τοις ου”41. On «Do not perform your alms before men»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1244expounds v.1“Προσεχετε την ελεημοσυνην υμων μη ποιειν εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων προς το θεαθηναι αυτοις· ει δε μηγε μισθον ουκ εχετε παρα τω πατρι υμων τω εν τοις ουρ”159. On «Let your light shine» and its consistency with «Beware of practicing your righteousness [alms] before men».
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1321expounds v.1“Προσεχετε την ελεημοσυνην υμων μη ποιειν εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων προς το θεαθηναι αυτοις· ει δε μηγε μισθον ουκ εχετε παρα τω πατρι υμων τω εν τοις ουρ”On: «Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men to be seen by them»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:241expounds v.3“σου δε ποιουντος ελεημοσυνην μη γνωτω η αριστερα σου τι ποιει η δεξια σου”On «Do not let your left hand know»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1073expounds v.9“ουτως ουν προσευχεσθε υμεις· Πατερ ημων ο εν τοις ουρανοις· αγιασθητω το ονομα σου·”On the «Our Father»
Maximus the ConfessorPG 91:696expounds v.9“ουτως ουν προσευχεσθε υμεις· Πατερ ημων ο εν τοις ουρανοις· αγιασθητω το ονομα σου·”On the significance of the Lord's Prayer: «Our Father who art in heaven»
John ChrysostomPG 57:285expounds v.16“Οταν δε νηστευητε μη γινεσθε ωσπερ οι υποκριται σκυθρωποι· αφανιζουσι γαρ τα προσωπα αυτων οπως φανωσι τοις ανθρωποις νηστευοντες· αμην λεγω υμιν οτι ”On Matthew 6:16: «Moreover, when you fast»
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:972expounds v.17“συ δε νηστευων αλειψαι σου την κεφαλην και το προσωπον σου νιψαι,”On: «Anoint your head and wash your face»
Gregory ThaumaturgusPG 10:1189expounds v.22“Ο λυχνος του σωματος εστιν ο οφθαλμος· εαν ουν ο οφθαλμος σου απλους η ολον το σωμα σου φωτεινον εσται·”Excerpts on the Gospel: «The lamp of the body is the eye»
John ChrysostomPG 57:293expounds v.24“Ουδεις δυναται δυσι κυριοις δουλευειν· η γαρ τον ενα μισησει και τον ετερον αγαπησει η ενος ανθεξεται και του ετερου καταφρονησει. ου δυνασθε Θεω δουλ”On «No one can serve two masters»: Renouncing worldly anxiety and avarice
John ChrysostomPG 57:299expounds v.28“και περι ενδυματος τι μεριμνατε καταμαθετε τα κρινα του αγρου πως αυξανει· ου κοπια ουδε νηθει·”On «Consider the lilies of the field»: Renouncing vanity and the importance of prayer
Nilus of SinaiPG 79:937expounds v.32“παντα γαρ ταυτα τα εθνη επιζητει· οιδε γαρ ο πατηρ υμων ο ουρανιος οτι χρῄζετε τουτων απαντων.”On «Your Father knows that you have need of all these things»
1Matt 6:1
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:701…but also by keeping silent q beware he says not to do your alms before men to be seen by them why in regard to almsgiving did he add this statement but in regard to prayer…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:729A…trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward (Matt. VI, 1, 2), and so forth. I COR. Whether t…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1287A…as the Lord taught when He said: Take heed that you do not perform your alms before men, to be seen by them (Matt. vi, 1). Furthermore, the Apostle gives a comm…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:703…of justice a h but take heed that you do not perform your alms before men to be seen by them chap vi h in what precedes christ commanded one to love his enemies to do…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:715D…es (Matth. 5. 21 et seq.). After He had, therefore, stripped man from all these evils, then He says, See that you do not perform your almsgiving before men (Matth. 6. 1), etc., showing that unless man has fir…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:571…without pitfalls latin translation by fronton du duc h on the passage take heed that ye do not your alms before men h a b just as those who are wise and skilled in the art…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:769…an and the Pharisee. 757-768 ADMONITION regarding the following sermon. 757-768 SERMON on that place, "Take heed that you do not perform your alms before men" (Matt. 6:1). 757-768 ADMONITION to the following H…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:773B…d man. 567-568 Oration on the blind man. 567-570 Monitum on the following sermon. 571-572 Sermon on the text, "Take heed that you do not your alms before men" (Matt. 6:1). 571-574 Monitum on the following homi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:539C…see, no one has seen, when you have done it in this way. For Christ did not only say, "Do not do it before men," but he added, "That you may be seen by them" (Matt. vi, 1). This altar consists of the very membe…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:723D…, no one knows, since you did not do it with this intention. For He did not say, “Do not do it before men at all,” but He added, “In order to be seen by them” (Matt. 6:1). How great is the dignity of poverty!…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1203…mind as a helmsman says take heed that you do not perform your alms before men to be seen by them otherwise you have no reward from your father who is in heaven and again when…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:755A…that you do not perform your righteousness before men to be seen by them; otherwise you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven" [Matt. vi. 1]. For since He knew, as the Creator and…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1731…heart be also but also take heed that you do not perform your alms before men to be seen by them to him be glory forever amen h homily xcix h h concerning visiting h visiting…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1459B…— Brothers, and help in the day of tribulation; and above both, alms shall deliver. Matth. V, 7. — Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Matth. VI, 1-4. — Take heed that you do not perform yo…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:265D…whom it is not right to break and cut off, but rather to heal, as the Lord taught, saying: Take heed that you do not your alms before men to be seen of them (Matt. vi, 1). And the Apostle commands, saying: Do…
Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:735…is he who denies himself and saves his life unto eternal life take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them and when ye pray be not of a sad…
Evagrius PonticusPG 40:1237…pilot in the gospels says take heed that you do not perform your alms before men to be seen by them otherwise you have no reward from our father who is in heaven and again when…
2Matt 6:2
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:729…have no reward of your father which is in heaven when therefore thou doest thine alms do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:735A…t not your left hand know what your right hand does, that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will himself reward you in the open (Matt. vi, 2-4). And concerning prayer, likewise. MAR…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1275B…. xvi). And again, it is a will of God, and it is a good thing to give alms; but to do this for the sake of obtaining human glory is no longer pleasing to God (cf. Matth. vi, 2). And again, it was a will of God, and…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1377…gospel also for manifestation as in the saying when you do an alms do not sound a trumpet before you that is do not make it known vers it is necessary for him who psalms to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:283…, before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward (Matt. 6:2, 5). Have you seen how he who seeks thi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:719…so that the order of the narrative is thus when thou doest alms do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may be glorified…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:571D…him who imparts alms. Therefore, He rightly added, saying: "When, therefore, thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do" (Matt. vi, 2). For there was the alms and the appear…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:871…witness saying to the one who prays and the one who grants alms do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do but do it in secret and in what is hidden your good…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1459…reward from your father who is in heaven when therefore you perform alms do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may be honored…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:603…V What is the meaning of: "Let your light shine before men," etc.? (Edited in Montague, ep. 167, to Paul of Laodicea, p. 212. Do Matthew v and Matthew vi 2-4 contradict one another?) I offer a simple and brief soluti…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:201…or punishes the intention c therefore when you do a charitable deed do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory from…
3Matt 6:3
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:679…r sense. I do not perform good works to be seen by men, for I would earn my reward; but I do good for myself, that God who sees in secret may reward me openly (Matt. 6.3–4). 12. Blessed art thou, O Lord; tea…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:719…by men amen i say to you they have received their reward but when thou doest alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth that thy alms may be in secret and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:571…alms but he teaches by what method it behooves you to do alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth by this place again he does not signify hands but that statement…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:599…t is high in heart is unclean before God (Prov. 16:5)? Had he not learned that excellently spoken word, Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth (Matt. 6:3)? Indeed, perhaps he knew both, but the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:577D…feet, much more should one also give them money from one's hand, and strive to be hidden. Let not your left hand know, he says, what your right hand does (Matt. 6. 3). Why do you take ten thousand witnesse…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:579Latin…at, timeo ne indignus videatur. Vides quomodo omnia cum magna accuratione fecerit? Ergo apposite dixit Scriptura, Nesciat sinistra tua quæ facit dextera tua (Matth. 6, 3). Id est, etiamsi quempiam quasi propri…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:727B…proud man is impure in the sight of the Lord (Prov. 16:5); he had not learned that beautifully spoken: Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth (Matth. 6:3). Perhaps he knew both, but he was over…
Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1305…of a lion and sinners have been alienated from the womb and let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does and if thy right eye scandalize thee pluck it out and if you…
Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1307…earth shall pass away.” (Ps. civ, 26; lxvii, 22; vi, 7; cxiii, 4; Isa. lv, 12; Matt. xix, 24; Joel i, 16; Ps. lvii, 3; Matt. vi, 3; Matt. v, 29; Luke xix, 40; Matt. v, 18…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:153…of caution praying for the sake of display just as the words let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth do not refer to hands but mean that we should do our good…
Anonymous (2nd century) 2nd centuryPG 5:1395D…ve me to eat; and I was naked, and you clothed me (Matt. 25:35-36). And: When you do an act of mercy, let not your left hand know what your right hand does (Matt. 6:3); and the other things whereby, doing g…
4Matt 6:4
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:99A…ίτῳ τῶν Στρωματέων παρεστήσαμεν διηγούμενοι τὸ, Ὁ Πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ, ἀποδώσει σοι.» Sicut in tertio Stromatum libro exposuimus, enarrantes illud (Matth. VI, 4): «Pater tuus qui videt in abscondito,…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1091…he Apostle Romans 2, 29: All' ho en tōi kruptōi Ioudaios, kai peritomē kardias; "But he who is a Jew in secret, and circumcision of the heart"; and Matthew 6, 4: Ho Patēr sou, ho blepōn en tōi kruptōi; "Thy Father who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:719…not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth that thy alms may be in secret and thy father who seeth in secret will repay thee in the manifest lay not up to yourselves treasures…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:743B…lay and the eagerness for vainglory to be far away, and he indicates this through that hidden command: “Let not your left hand know what your right hand does” (Matt. VI, 4). But he who has a pure mind and is sup…
5Matt 6:5
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:547A…appearance of pride. Constit., lib. 1, cap. 3. Author of the Imperfect Work on Matthew, apud S. Chrysostomum. Ad Matth. vi, 5. Otherwise, certainly, as the apostles…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:475…runs thus when you pray you will not be like the hypocrites for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets so that they may be seen by men…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:729…alms do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory of men verily i say unto you they have their reward matt…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:735…alms do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may be glorified by men amen i say to you they receive their reward but…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1279C…ad learned from the Lord, who said concerning some: "For they do these things so that they might be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they receive their reward" (Matt. vi, 5). For whatever is done not out of love…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1373A…t this is true, listen to the holy Gospel saying concerning those who do good things for the sake of men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward (Matt. vi, 5). 2. Let us therefore flee from vaingl…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1609…ing men, perform almsgiving or engage in any other righteous work, that they may be seen by men: "Amen I say to you, they have received their reward" (Matt. VI, 5). Moreover, He sets forth the wickedness of those who perfo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:709…doing such a thing even while standing among many is in secret and in the corners of the streets he did not say in the streets but in the corners of the streets so that if…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:719…alms do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may be glorified by men amen i say to you they have received their reward…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:275…when you pray he says you shall not be as the hypocrites for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets truly i say to you they have their…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:539D…d. But you, when you pray, enter into your chamber, and having shut the door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and He will render to you in the manifest" (Matt. 6:5, 6). What, then, does Paul mean by sayi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:675A…ord, nor do I bring forth my own words, but those of the divine Spirit: he will not see it, even if he works virtue. They have received, he says, their reward (Matt. 6:5). He, therefore, who does not receive t…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:981…do not be like the hypocrites for they love to stand praying in the corners of the streets that they may be seen by men d and forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1203…shall not be as the hypocrites for they love to stand praying in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen by men amen i say to you that they…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1437…for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets that they may be seen by men truly i say to you they have received their reward but you…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1459…alms do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may be honored by men amen i say to you they have received their reward…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:203…vers and when you pray you shall not be like the hypocrites for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen by men assuredly…
Evagrius PonticusPG 40:1237…is in heaven and again when you pray he says you shall not be as the hypocrites are for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they…
6Matt 6:6
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:639A…think this is what the Lord also says in the Gospels: "But you, when you pray, enter into your chamber, and shut your door, and pray to your Father in secret" (Matt. vi, 6). He, therefore, who prays thus, as I h…
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1461C…aking, teaching men to pray: 'Say ye when ye pray: Our Father, who art in heaven (Matt. vi, 9; Luc. xi, 2),' and again, 'Pray to your Father, who is in secret (Matt. vi, 6)'? But concerning Satan he said he saw…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:303D…nter," He says, "into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret: and your Father who sees in secret will reward you in public" [Matt. 6:6]. See the excellence of the honor. When…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:627D…r he who sees things hidden, rewards in the open. "Pray thou," he says, "in hiddenness to thy Father, and thy Father, who is in hiddenness, shall reward thee" (Matt. 6:6). If then he who prays in the hidden pl…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:227…ce, he says, lifting up pure hands (1 Tim. II, 8). And what Christ commanded, this they fulfilled. And closing, he says, your door, pray to your Father (Matt. VI, 6). 13. Then they answered, and say…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:539C…ho performs this offering of sacrifice, to enter into inner sanctuaries more formidable, in which no one is present except your Father, who sees you in secret (Matt. vi, 6), in which no one else discerns. How, y…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:579A…ountain and His praying as if in retirement signifies—a thing He Himself also taught us in words, saying, "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet" (Matt. vi, 6). For we must pray with hands lifte…
Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:615B…ing was not yet complete, it was not permitted to offer prayers there. For the Lord says: 'But you, when you pray, enter into your chamber, and shut the door' (Matth. VI, 6)." What, then, will the slanderer say?…
7Matt 6:7
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:785B…For they think that in their much speaking they will be heard. Do not therefore be like them; for your heavenly Father knows what you need, before you ask him (Matth. vi, 7, 8)... And do not seek what you shall e…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1125…teaching when you pray he says do not babble as the gentiles do for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking perhaps the meaning of the teaching stripped of its veiling has…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:645…t in the Gospel how to pray. For when He had ordered the disciples not to pray in the manner of the gentiles, using many words, He taught the manner of prayer (Matth. 6. 7), showing that being heard does not lie…
John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:729B…gainst the pious what they are said to be, but they are idle tales rashly poured forth, and, to use the words of Scripture, "nothing other than vain babbling" (Matth. vi, 7), which exceeds all such superfluous lo…
8Matt 6:8
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:693…for when the lord prohibited anxious care he added the promise saying for your father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him such was the apostle saying we have had the sentence…
9Matt 6:9
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1015…the lord commanded us in the gospel so pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us this day…
Pope Victor I r. c. 189-199 (d. 199)PG 5:1487…prayer which he taught his disciples to pray says our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name in good and just men is the name of the lord hallowed and in the wicked it…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:473…follow the words of matthew are of this kind our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us this day…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:39…imperative mood for an optative as in that passage our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name for would that it were hallowed and now in the present case let him kiss me with…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:223…to the father when you pray he says say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth the will of the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:107A…so exists in every creature by reason of creation and providence. This is clearly apparent from these most beautiful passages: Our Father, who art in heaven [Matt. VI, 9]. God in heaven above [Deut. IV, 39].…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:353…and spiritual things b h chap xi h v our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come i think that no one could say father to god unless he were filled…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:943B…d as the power of God working everything in him, πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ ἐνεργῶν. In his book On Prayer, explaining the first words of the Lord’s Prayer, “Our Father” (Matt. 6:9), he speaks thus concerning the childre…
Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1461C…his father according to nature. And to whom, therefore, was the Lord Jesus speaking, teaching men to pray: 'Say ye when ye pray: Our Father, who art in heaven (Matt. vi, 9; Luc. xi, 2),' and again, 'Pray to your…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:189A…II, 16). The firmament is also called heaven, and the Savior promises the kingdom of heaven, and in prayer instructs us to say: "Our Father who art in heaven" (Matt. VI, 9); and: "The powers of the heavens shall…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1029…he says to them thus then you shall pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name and so forth so let each person test himself to see if he is worthy as having…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:957…whom the lord also says when you pray say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name in christ jesus our lord to whom be glory and power now and always and for ages…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:785C…ught to pray, and in what state of soul. Chapter IV MATTHEW. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done (Matth. vi, 9, 10), and the rest. MATTHEW. But seek f…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:389…sins to you by what conscience will you say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name and the rest similarly christ gave the very blood which they shed for the salvation of those…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:457B…is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit" (1 Cor. 12:3). If the Spirit were not holy, we believers could not pray to God; for we say, "Our Father who is in heaven" (Matt. 6:9). As therefore we could not call Him Lo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:815C…id, "according to the Spirit of holiness." And another thing I say: When we all begin at the time of the holy mysteries to say, "Our Father who art in heaven" (Matt. 6. 9): we have received the gift of the Spir…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:299…ather, and, Give us this day our daily bread, and, Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive, and, Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (Matt. VI, 9, 11, 12, 13): everywhere using the plur…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:639B…aid to dwell in the better parts of the world according to that which says: "Who dwelleth in the heavens" (Ps. 2:4); and, "Our Father, who art in the heavens" (Matt. 6:9), not that he is contained, but that he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:751B…ed a Servatore id agere permissus, qui nos et fratres suos et conformes sibi constituit; ideoque in oratione hæc dicere jussit: Pater noster qui es in cælis (Matth. VI, 9). Deus meus, et susceptor salutis meæ.…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:251B…senseless than oxen, and they maddened against nature itself. But after the incarnation of Christ, what says the Scripture? "Our Father, which art in heaven" (Matt. vi, 9). Before this, the Scripture used to sa…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:437A…I, 14). Do we sanctify it, or are we sanctified by it? But in place of "keep it holy," the prophet said this. For just as when we pray, "Hallowed be thy name" (Matt. VI, 9), it is not that we pray for His name (…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:711…way h homily xiv on chapter vi h a our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name etc he wished to be called father rather than lord so that he might give us great…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:879C…from the moment you professed yourself to be celestial, from the moment you called for yourself a Father from heaven, saying, "Our Father, who art in heaven" (Matt. 6:9), and from the moment you professed you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:521…you standing at the altar cry out with confidence our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name but this one approached me condemned ashamed pressing his face toward the earth and with a contrite…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:341D…live as a citizen in heaven. For having ascended at once, he utters these words: Our Father, who art in heaven, thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth (Matt. 6:9-10). The child does not fall on [the earth…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:569…of prayer he says thus therefore you shall pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us today our…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:875…most befitting the saints thus he says pray you our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so also on earth give us our…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1071…and indeed they taught us to say in prayers our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth do you see that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1051…own fullness thus we say even in our prayers our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name and we do not mean that we pray for some addition of holiness to be made to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:475…himself certainly did thus he says you shall pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us this day…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:825…for when he clearly said thus therefore pray ye our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth and what follows these…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:67A…Scriptura sacra dici vel scribi: « Cœli enarrant gloriam tuam » (Ps. XVIII, 2), et: « Dominus fecit cœlos » (Ps. XCV, 5), et: « Pater noster qui es in cœlis » (Matth. VI, 9), nemo intelligat cœlum primum, quod su…
Justinian I 482–565PG 86:957…the lord delivering how one ought to pray says our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth d consistent with what…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1759…to pray and he said when you pray say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name and so forth and he adds ask and it shall be given to you seek and you…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:883…power of the speaker s intent to grasp it our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come b appropriately the lord teaches those who pray to begin with theology and in…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:503A…ch we cry, Abba, Father. » He confirms the truth of this adoption from the prayer which the Lord commanded his faithful to say: Our Father, who art in heaven [Matth. VI, 9]. Just as there is a spirit of grac…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1059B…n will be thus: to α, and so on; and the letters sent to me should thus have α, or υ, or another of the elements. It must be known also that (cf. Matth. x, 12; Matth. vi, 9).…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:203B…to know our Father in heaven, who knows what we need, and to whom we have been ordered to direct our prayers, crying out: Our Father, who art in heaven (Matt. vi, 9); and they proclaim that if we seek His…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:685…a friend converses with a friend so to say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name d the prayer declaring that he who is by nature the son of god has him dwelling…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:853…disciples and he said to them when you pray say father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us our daily…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:255…ought to pray he first commanded them to say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth then afterward give us…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:613A…n adding: and your Father, which was by adoption. For although we have been granted permission in prayers especially to say: Our Father, who art in heaven (Matth. VI, 9), yet this gift is by benevolence. For…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1193A…or not. For as long as he is detained by the cares of the body, he is not a pure bride of God. When asked by me what that prayer meant, Hallowed be thy name [Matt. vi, 9], he said: "It is perfect, because the…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:39…reason indeed he handed down to them the prayer in these words our father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so in earth give…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:823…Our Father who art in heaven (Matt. vi, 9). It is not inappropriately called so,…
Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1993…saying to his own disciples when you pray say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come c address the father as children await the king as soldiers as those enrolled…
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Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:799…thus our father who art in the heavens hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth give us today our daily bread and forgive us our debts…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1015…so pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:473…this kind our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us this day our supersubstantial bread and forgive us our…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:223…says say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth the will of the father is still being done in heaven…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1119A…result in the damage of the soul or its eternal disgrace. And therefore that which the Lord taught us to say in prayer is more to be held: "Thy will be done" (Matth. VI, 10). "And he that searcheth the hearts…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:941D…Christ, and he to whom His Son has revealed it. I cannot omit a most excellent testimony from the book On Prayer, where, explaining that: “Thy will be done” (Matt. vi, 10), etc., he speaks thus in no. 26: “Whet…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:597…a thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth and thus with corruptible and corporeal things passed away intellectual and…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:679C…hing to be useful to himself, how ought he to ask for it from God in prayer? RESP. Just as Christ taught us to pray, and to say to God, "Thy will be done" (Matt. VI, 10). For the Lord himself, who thus instru…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:785…matthew our father c who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done matth vi and the rest matthew but seek first the kingdom of god and his justice ibid…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:467C…who work, all being able, while living in sincerity and simplicity, to help one another. For why is it written, "Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth"? [Matt. vi, 10] So that, just as the angels in heaven…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:319…nd. Therefore, let us desire this life and direct all our actions toward it. For on account of this we are also commanded to say in prayer, Thy kingdom come (Matt. 6:10), so that we may always look to that da…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:305B…hus shown, what else is it necessary for us to do now, brothers, than to give thanks to God the Father and say, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matt. 6. 10); Thou hast given life, Thou hast estab…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:247B…l and philosophical mind. Consider also the things that come before it: "Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matt. vi. 10). Then, after He set down that sensible…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:627…oly, of course; but this is what you say: "May thy name be hallowed in me, that men may see my good works and glorify my Father and Maker." "Thy kingdom come" (Matt. 6:10). What then? Is God not king, that his…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:911…say our father who art in the heavens hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:569…shall pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us today our daily bread and forgive us our debts…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:875…pray you our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so also on earth give us our daily bread today and forgive us our…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1071…in prayers our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth do you see that they having become of the same state…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:691…will appear splendid before the judge h thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven h this also befits the saints and exceeds any praise for what is it to wish for the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:475…shall pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us this day our supersubstantial bread what is being done…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:825…pray ye our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth and what follows these since therefore we have learned in what…
Justinian I 482–565PG 86:957…pray says our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth d consistent with what we have said the holy theologian gregory…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:895…prayer to the preceding parts saying h thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven h thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven he who by the power of…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:379…accumulates all justice within it hence we pray to god daily thus thy kingdom come thy will be done for he desires this and for this very reason he put on a human body and this…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:853…you pray say father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us our daily bread day by day and forgive us…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:491…as is frequently repeated in scripture hallowed be he says thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done and the rest which words are not in the optative but the imperative mood as is most…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:255…to say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven and on earth then afterward give us this day our supersubstantial bread for we…
Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:197D…emons, struck with awe by the power and divinity of Christ, fled to Him through faith and repentance. Here [he speaks] of the salvation and restoration of (1) Matth. 6, 10.…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:39…these words our father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so in earth give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our…
Erechtius of Antioch in Persis date uncertain (possibly 6th century)PG 86:3331…acknowledge him as their own king h thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven h c the meaning of these words thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven…
11Matt 6:11
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1015…kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so on earth give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:499…so on earth luke having omitted this placed after thy kingdom come give us this day our daily bread since therefore the aforementioned words are found only in matthew let us examine them in sequence to…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:329…is content with a little having been taught in prayer to say give us this day our daily bread luke xi the sinner however overflowing with riches thinks he is enjoying some good but i know…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1011B…g bread which came down from heaven (Joan. VI, 51); elsewhere He calls the Holy Spirit celestial bread, saying: Give us this day our supersubstantial bread (Matth. VI, 11). For He taught us in our prayer, in th…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:299…by the whole church as if by one person our father and give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive and lead us not into temptation but deliver…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:431A…ill give me bread to eat, and a garment to put on (Gen. XXVIII, 20); or as Christ commanded us to pray, saying: Give us this day our supersubstantial bread (Matt. VI, 11); but above all things, for spiritual t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:713…if you pray thus you are worthy children of such a father give us this day our daily bread on the surface the words seem to sound as if those who say give us this day…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:279…differ in nature since the earth will exhibit to us other angels give us this day our daily bread what is the bread original script column see facsimile that is daily because he had said thy…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:247B…things spiritual. That little sensible thing which is asked there is made spiritual by the manner. For to ask for nothing more than the supersubstantial bread (Matt. vi. 11), that is, the daily bread, belongs to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:293B…may have things for your need; since Christ, too, giving us a rule of prayer, placed this in the prayer, teaching us to say, "Our daily bread, give us today" (Matt. 6:11). "According to his riches." What is th…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:911…come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:451A…empt from reproach; but He is offended by their murmuring. Furthermore, the Savior Himself taught us in our prayers to say: "Give us this day our daily bread" ⟦Matth. vi, 11⟧. By saying this, we are in no way accu…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:691…mean the one above being seen on earth may gladden christ h give us this day our daily bread h some perhaps think it to be inappropriate and foreign to the saints to ask god for…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1075…this thy will be done who demonstrate this through their actions and give us this day our daily bread who have renounced luxury and self indulgence and this forgive us our debts who grant pardon to…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1273…for these reasons christ delivering the prayer to the apostles said a give us this day our daily bread whoever therefore forgets to eat this that is to work for the eating of the intellectual bread…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1677…that christ when handing down the prayer to the apostles understood saying give us this day our daily bread whosoever therefore forgets to eat this that is to labor for it for the eating of the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:589A…done nothing strange in asking for this blessing for them, too. For the Lord also in the holy Gospels taught [us] to say: "Give us this day our daily bread." (Matt. VI, 11). But he asked for them also the future…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:897…to the power of the saying in the prayer which declares b give us this day our daily bread for by this day i think is meant the present age or as one might interpreting it…
Nicephorus Choumnos c. 1255–1327PG 140:1451A…to which Christ nowhere appears to exhort, nor does He permit it. This is clear from the prayer He has handed down to us, teaching us to seek our daily bread (Matt. 6:11) and nothing else, nor the pleasures of…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:579…the heavenly things come to pass in us who are on earth give us this day our daily bread even though we have requested a heavenly work we are nevertheless mortals and bread…
Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:271C…doctrine. It is sought from these words of Cat. 23, n. 15, where, explaining this petition of the Lord's Prayer, Give us this day our supersubstantial bread [Matt. vi, 11], he says: This common bread is not su…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1119…it come to pass for me on earth o master xv h give us this day our daily bread h this common bread is not daily but this holy bread is daily that is to say…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:39…kingdom come thy will be done as in heaven so in earth give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation ibid…
Erechtius of Antioch in Persis date uncertain (possibly 6th century)PG 86:3333…h exposition on the lord s prayer h a give us this day our daily bread by daily bread or he means that which sustains our body that is the temporal or the…
12Matt 6:12
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:799…as in heaven and on earth give us today our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1015…in heaven so on earth give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:473…in heaven so on earth give us this day our supersubstantial bread and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil c…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:521…the saints' it is not necessary to speak of this at present and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors or as luke says and forgive us our sins for we ourselves…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1657…ad of athlon (task/burden), and thought that a separate book or volume of the work was indicated thereby. Ibid. C, line 1, aphekamen. But in the editions (Matth. VI, 12) aphiemen stands. Millius passed over…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1675…either approve of, nor do we think you will be overly pleased with it. Ibid. B, line 2, ἀφήκαμεν. So it is read above, no. 18. But in the editions of Matthew vi, 12, it is more correctly read ἀφίεμεν. Ibid., line 4, ἀφήκαμεν…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:63B…self. But a word of malice should not linger in your heart against him, so that you may be able to say: Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors (Matt. VI, 12). But it is God’s to forgive and establ…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:443B…ed this article to the form of prayer, as if it were the most effective means to move God to mercy: And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors (Matt. 6:12). How then will you pray, O usurer ?…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:447…in your prayers out of stupor that which the savior taught us and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors how many have destroyed themselves by the noose on account of usury…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1041A…has a pure heart? Or who shall be bold enough to claim to be clean from sin? (Prov. 20:9). Therefore we are commanded in prayer to say: "Forgive us our debts" (Matt. 6:12), that by the custom of prayer we may b…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:47C…said that prayer which they who initiated him into the holy mysteries taught him to say while praying: "Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors" (Matt. 6:12). To these things, he will teach that t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:205C…onor to the Master, which we [assign] to our fellow servants? For this reason we were commanded to say: "Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors" (Matt. 6:12). What is more gentle than this? What i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:207A…dred denarii, if you do not even forgive these trifles, but rather turn your prayer against yourself? For when you have said, "Forgive us, as we also forgive" (Matt. vi, 12), if you do not forgive, you are asking…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:395A…is spectacle is finished, will you partake of the sacraments and say that prayer by which we are commanded to ask, "Forgive us as we also forgive our debtors" (Matt. 6:12), if you exact punishment from your deb…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:45…gs contrary to His own laws? He who invokes Him against his enemies; for this is against the law laid down by Him. For He Himself says: "Forgive your debtors" (Matt. 6:12). Do you then call upon Him who command…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:299…one person our father and give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil matt vi everywhere using…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:681A…an increase of justice: but if he does have [sin], for the remission of sin, because he can say confidently, Forgive me my debts, as I also forgive my debtors (Matth. 6. 12). 8. Blessed are the clean of heart, fo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:713…his own bread but he who eats with sin eats another s and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors with what hope does he pray who preserves enmity against another by whom…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:715…will your father forgive you for even when he had said earlier and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors he did not say as we will forgive so that god might first…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:725…of that prayer itself so that the order of the narrative is and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil judge not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:841A…ther their faults. Nor let him be an exactor of vengeance who is a petitioner for pardon. For saying, Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors (Matth. 6. 12), let us fulfill what we profess. But t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:227A…is world. Let us show ourselves toward our own servants as we wish our Lord to be toward us. "Forgive us our debts," He says, "as we also forgive our debtors" (Matt. 6:12). I know indeed that the soul does not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:247B…r He set down that sensible thing, having passed over it, He returns immediately to spiritual teaching: "Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors" (Matt. vi. 12). He did not place in the prayer any le…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:627…it would be good to remember god more frequently than to breathe and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors he speaks thus forgive us our debts that is our sins and transgressions…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:899…g into the churches, as is becoming to God, let us enter not revolving the memory of injuries in our minds, lest, when we say, "Forgive us as we also forgive" (Matt. 6:12), we be condemned. For it is a fearful…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:911…as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:451…dominical prayer and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors if however we neglect this how could it not become for us a…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:569…as in heaven so on earth give us today our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors the law therefore obliquely and in an enigma indicated to us the divine…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:573A…ion of all things. For we have been justified in Christ, and have been taught to say in prayers to the God and Father who is in heaven, "Forgive us our debts" (Matt. vi, 12); so here, too, the fact that the punis…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:875…in heaven so also on earth give us our daily bread today and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:551C…thren" (Luc. XXII, 32). And when He gave the form of prayer to the disciples, He commanded them to say: "Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors" (Matth. VI, 12). Furthermore, we do not teach the unin…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:899…would be able to proceed clearly also to the remaining clauses saying and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors c according to the first meaning of the preceding clause d it is…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:205…supersubstantial bread of which we pray to be partakers without condemnation vers and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors since we sin even after baptism we pray that he may forgive us…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:581…life in him but he who eats it will live forever a and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors this is the whole wisdom and power of the divine gospel for it…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1119…paul also said as long as it is called today xvi h and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors h for we have many c sins we offend both in word and…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1153…testify for thus he commands to pray in the gospel of matthew and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors for if you forgive men their sins your heavenly father will also forgive…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:29B…nd this He demonstrated mostly from this place, and from the prayer itself He commanded us to say thus: "Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors" (Matt. 6:12). Knowing all these things, then, and…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:39…in heaven so in earth give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation ibid v that is into danger into snares…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:45…clothed in a body not to stumble he taught us to say and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors through this statement he accomplishes three goods in accordance with himself the first…
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Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:799…bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:867…numbered with thy flock to the glory and praise of thy greatness for thine is the kingdom and the power and he anoints him with the chrism just as with the newly enlightened performing the same…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1015…bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for thine is the kingdom for ever amen c pray thus…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:541…remove the dominion to consume and to destroy unto the end and the kingdom and the power and the greatness of the places of the kingdoms under heaven was given to the holy people of the…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1215…the earth but daniel also says the very same regarding this and the kingdom and the power and the greatness of those things which are under the heaven was given to the saints of the most…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:473…and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil c but those of luke are these father hallowed be thy name thy…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:529…have been committed and which have not even reached to the lips and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil but the phrase but deliver us from evil is omitted in luke if…
Peter of Alexandria c. 250-311PG 18:483…enter into temptation and again in prayer to say to the father and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil b perhaps they are also ignorant of the many times our master and…
Eustathius of Antioch c. 270 - c. 337PG 18:701…lord our helper and supporter and our preserver and deliverer from temptations for thine is the kingdom and the power and the praise and of thy only begotten son and of thy spirit etc…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1085…is nothing unrighteous in its judgment and its is the strength and the kingdom and the power and the majesty of all the ages blessed be the god of truth since our savior and lord being…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:889…the wicked to which he adds and its is the strength and the kingdom and the power and the magnificence unto all ages by saying that truth lives and conquers and prevails he most emphatically set…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1029…and among the nations his precepts our father who art in heaven lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one in the kingdom of heaven glorified above kings…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:703B…boasts of the Creator’s work as if it were her own excellent achievement, and—while begging the Arbiter of the contest, saying, "Lead us not into temptation" (Matt. vi, 13), not to be brought into one—she openly…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1647…with whom etc another prayer of saint basil after the our father for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1657…tread upon serpents and scorpions and all the power of the enemy and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil c through the grace and mercy and love toward mankind of thy only…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:667A…nsume with the spirit of his mouth (II Thess. ii, 8). Therefore we are also commanded to beseech God: Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (Matth. vi, 13). For unless, being delivered by the he…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1177…v h forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil the discourse advancing reaches the very extreme point of virtue for it prescribes…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1191…offer our supplication with our mind and not merely with our body lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one what brothers is the power of these words it seems to me…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1099…the gospel teaches the disciples in prayer among other things to say and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for the name of the evil one is also indicative of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:179…take experience of such terrible troubles again and do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from evil for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever amen h…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:299…our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil matt vi everywhere using the plural name and commanding each one whether he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:419D…and an intolerable temptation offers annoyance. Wherefore we are taught, when praying, to say, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one" (Matt. 6:13). The battles are varied, and the ranks…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:699…h it may have a great reward. The admirable Joseph fell into this, as did countless others. The Lord also exhorts us to pray that we enter not into temptation (Matt. 6:13), which the prophet here sought. Fo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:233…away his authority to annihilate and destroy it to the end and the kingdom and the power and the greatness of the kings under all the heaven was given to the saints of the most high…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:713…nor do you receive indulgence unless you yourself have first granted it and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil since he had commanded many great things to men above that they call…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:725…is and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil judge not that ye be not judged for whoever does not judge his…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:795B…them, does not bring temptation upon them whereby they might be conquered: since none of us is suitable, if God bids us pray: And lead us not into temptation (Matt. 6. 13). But he who is by the wayside is overw…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:281…unwilling c in those things where we are masters to spare ourselves and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:301…v and in the prayer he taught them to say that his is the kingdom and the power and the glory and here discoursing concerning his providence and showing how he is a master craftsman even…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:627…to his will but protect us under the shadow of your wings for thine is the kingdom and the power o lord because yours is the kingdom do not let us fear any other kingdom nor…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:563…part and you of listening let us ourselves render glory because his is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever amen h homily xvii h chapter v brethren my heart's desire and prayer to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:737…and the salvation of all who take refuge in you and yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory with the unoriginate father and the all holy and good and life giving spirit now…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:707…h things against others, even against the Lord Himself, and thus forgive and pardon: think that you say: "Forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors" (Matt. 6:13): think that, if you do not forgive, yo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:863C…things against others and against the Lord Himself: forgive and spare: let it come to your mind to say: "Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors" (Matt. 6:13). Think that if you do not forgive, you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:911…have pleased thee from of old for thine is the might and thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:917…and to say the choir our father the priest exclaims for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and ever…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:919…and immaculate body for the healing of soul and body for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and always…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:875…today and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one c therefore to those asking for things they ought not which…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:695…a we have power only over those committed against us and lead us not into temptation up to this point luke recites the prayer but we find that matthew adds but deliver us from…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:647…no unrighteous thing in her judgment and hers is the strength and the kingdom and the power and the majesty of all ages and blessed be the god of truth dan vii i saw in the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1305…lord s prayer h priest we beseech thee god the almighty father lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil remove from us diabolical actions make all the snares put forth by the counsels…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1073…from the evil one surpasses all irony and as for the saying for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory while despising all power…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1075…war against satan and lastly those will truly be able to say for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory who tremble at his words and demonstrate them both by their deeds and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1435…a ver and the kingdom and the power and the greatness of the kings who are under all heaven were given to the saints of the most…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1847…the time arrived and the saints took possession of the kingdom and the kingdom and the power and the greatness of the kings under the whole heaven was given to the saints of the most high…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1849…as the sun in the kingdom of their father b for his is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and always…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:903…the b power of the remaining phrases which have the following manner and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for the word indicates in these that if anyone has not…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:907…enerator of sin, into which we are commanded to pray not to enter, according to the teaching of the Lord, who says: "And lead us not into temptation" (Matt. vi, 13); and, "Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptat…
Methodius Patriarch of Constantinople c. 788-847PG 100:1319…with thy flock to the glory and praise of thy greatness exclamatorily for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father etc and he anoints him with the ointment just as…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:201…only begotten son of the father who grants these things taught that the kingdom and the power and the glory belong and shall remain forever do you see into what a chasm apostasy plunges and how…
Leo VI the Wise 866–912PG 107:95…may all with one mouth and one heart praise thy holy name for thine is the kingdom and the glory now and ever and unto ages of ages amen h oration x on the great and…
Leo VI the Wise 866–912PG 107:119…of all and it is fitting that every tongue should celebrate thee for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever amen h oration xii h h on pentecost when…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1373C…us forgive everyone everything, so that remission of sins may also come to us from our Master Christ, according to that which is said: "Forgive us our debts" (Matt. vi, 13); for He who has promised is faithful.…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:205…example and what i do to another he does to me vers and lead us not into temptation we are weak men therefore we ought not to cast ourselves into temptations but if we have fallen…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:375…prayer which asks for what is beneficial as the lord delivered saying lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil and the other words in that prayer furthermore observe also the word wavered for…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:853…sins for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil the disciple of christ imitates the disciples of john for this reason he…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 131:43…lord s prayer for the glory of the consubstantial and undivided trinity for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit to…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:491…enter into temptation and again in prayer to say to the father and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one perhaps they are also ignorant of the b often occurring withdrawals…
Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 140:125…numbered with thy fold to the glory and praise of thy majesty for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:411…so that we may say to god as he himself taught us and lead us not into temptation that is forbidden and altogether evil but deliver us from the evil one for thine is the kingdom…
Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:751…rest and the priest exclaims for yours is the power and yours is the kingdom and the power and the c glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and…
Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:755…said and the trisagion and after the our father the priest exclaims for thine is the kingdom and the dismissal troparion of the day is chanted if it is sunday theotokos virgin is chanted three times…
Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:759…exclaims both at the two trisagions and after the our father the for thine is the kingdom and the power those who chant and the one censing should take care when he says the exclamations that…
Macarius Chrysokephalos c. 1300–1382PG 150:239…you alone are the most high over all the earth and yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory and it is you who must be worshipped as the true god and our savior…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:173…the spirit s and he himself in the prayer says for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever amen the church also proclaims the commonality of the kingdom and power and glory…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:417…for the salvation of the people having said these things he exclaims for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for god alone is holy by nature and glorified and he himself is…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:583…a deliver us therefore thyself for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory unto the ages amen and who shall insult and afflict those who are…
Nicolaus V Papa 1397-1455 (pope 1447-1455)PG 160:1189…our own virtue and zeal but because you are able for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory because you are a good and man loving god and to declare other things that…
OrigenesPG 16:2781…to you the lord of heaven has given the authority b and the kingdom and the power and the honor and the glory throughout the whole world and all things the children of men and the…
PG 43 (anthology)PG 43:1309…mercy of the most holy immaculate for thine is the dominion and thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and…
PG 43 (anthology)PG 43:1321…god as father and to say the people our father ss exclamation for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:47…as we grant to our debtors moreover we are taught to say and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for many sad things come upon us from the work of…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:571…fact that the lord said but deliver us from the evil one for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory he recalls to our memory who it is that rules over us and…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:445…and having corrected yourself turn back to god your father and maker and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one we master are worthy of every punishment and we beseech thee…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:941…enter into temptation and to say to the father in prayer again and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for perhaps they are also ignorant of the fact that the…
AnonymousPG 106:1303…as father and to say our father who art in heaven exclamation for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now…
14Matt 6:14
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:123…from the divine spirit that future promise of the savior if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you your trespasses therefore after sufficient repentance he obtained forgiveness vers let the enemy…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:779A…r trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive your trespasses; but if ye do forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you (Matt. VI, 14, 15). REGULA LIV. That we ought not…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:947…intended against him mindful of the true lord who said if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you your trespasses but also to have a kinder disposition toward him as he…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:495…words but in a life rightly ordered when he says if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you your sins but when the word laus ainesis is placed as a heading…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:653…say to them, "If you forgive, they shall be forgiven," but, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you your trespasses" (Matt. vi, 14). From this it is clear that he who has…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:207A…to men their debts, even your heavenly Father will forgive you your debts (Matt. vi, 14). But as great as the interval is betwe…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:219A…f the angels, to say these things to your most gentle and benign soul: "If you forgive men their debts, your heavenly Father will forgive you your trespasses" (Matt. VI, 14). Let us remember, therefore, that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:263C…the Master be forgiven us. Behold also a second cleansing of sins; for if you forgive, He says, those who owe you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you (Matt. 6:14). Do you wish to learn a third way of r…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:673…a great cleansing of sins for if you forgive men he says their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you therefore having considered all these things send us a letter indicating what our letters have…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:249C…oward our neighbors. And in another place again one can hear Him saying: "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you" (Matt. 6:14). Let us not think, therefore, that we…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:251A…ed it; but in the prayer He leads the one who has suffered the injury to the one who did it, and reconciles them. For there He says, Forgive men their debts (Matt. VI, 14); here, If he hath aught against thee,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:281B…the prayer He remembers no other commandment than this one, saying thus: "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you" (Matt. 6.14). So the beginning is from us, and we o…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:283…to obedience to this command for he says if you forgive men your heavenly father will also forgive you but if you do not forgive neither will he forgive you therefore he mentions the son and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:581B…and mammon (Luc. 16. 13), yet the abundance and tyranny of money increases for many? Does He not cry out every day, Forgive, and it will be forgiven to you (Matth. 6. 14), and we become more beastly? Does He n…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:565…and trembling and keeping the commandment of christ which says if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive your trespasses if then you pray to god with a sincere heart and not…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:623B…Did he not make the way of remission of sins easy even thereafter? Hear, therefore, what indeed he commanded. If you release your neighbor, I also release you (Matt. 6:14), he says. What difficulty does this ha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:635A…He not even afterwards make the way easy for you to obtain remission of sins? "Forgive those who trespass against you," He says, "and I also will forgive you" (Matt. 6:14). What difficulty does this have? "…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:193…will be forgiven you for if ye forgive he says to men your heavenly father will also forgive you even if you give alms he will forgive you your sins for redeem thy iniquities he says…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:115…gs indeed have greater force because of Christ. For to say: "Forgive, and it shall be forgiven you," and "If you do not forgive, it shall not be forgiven you" (Matt. 6:14-15); if this is said to philosophers and t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:81A…rgive everyone their sins: "For man keeps wrath for man," he says, "and seeks healing from the Lord" (Eccl. XXVIII, 3). "Forgive, that it may be forgiven you" (Matt. VI, 14). And to turn back brothers from error:…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:383…acknowledge the same christ as their own king vi for if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you jesus can also as god forgive sins but since the disciples were still…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:515…be recent be made or created h another h for if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you but if…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:905…nd let us forgive the debts to our debtors. For, he says, "If you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you" (Matt. VI, 14); so that we might not only receive forgiveness of what we…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:953…lord said forgive and it shall be forgiven you and if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you your trespasses and again blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:1001C…he faults of others. For if we must remember sins, we must remember only our own. Because if we are mindful of our own, we will never reckon those of others. (Matt. vi, 14). If you forgive your enemies, it will…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1139A…our brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go first, be reconciled to your brother, and then coming offer your gift." Matth. vi, 14. "If you forgive men their trespasses,…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1257A…rom injustice, and to abstain from sin is an atonement.» Eccli. xxxv, 5. «If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.» Matt. vi, 14. «He who turns a sinner from the erro…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:89…be forgiving toward one another says if you forgive men their transgressions your heavenly father will also forgive you d again in another place exhorting them to follow the will of god since he himself first…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:1095…went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt for if ye forgive men their b transgressions your heavenly father will also forgive you but if ye forgive not men their transgressions neither…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1205B…the former. "Forgive, and it shall be forgiven you; and if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive your trespasses" (Matth. vi, 14, 15). Therefore do not bear a grudge ag…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:205…evil one and will be glorified hereafter b vers for if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you again he teaches us to be free from the desire for vengeance he…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:479…consider what this ease of virtue is the lord said if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you who then is so lofty in mind as to be able to attain…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:481…for there too this very same thing is proclaimed parabolically if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you but if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will your father…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:453…a you shall not be judged and if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you but if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will your father…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1153…we also forgive our debtors for if you forgive men their sins your heavenly father will also forgive you your sins and in the gospel of luke forgive he says and it will be forgiven you…
Isaias AbbasPG 40:1181…you and the lord if he says you forgive men their sins your heavenly father will also forgive you your sins but if you do not forgive neither…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:29D…forgive each one from your hearts" (Matt. 18:35), so also elsewhere He says: "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you" (Matt. 6:14). That we may therefore here also live…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1139…thou bring thy gift to the altar and the rest if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you your trespasses matth xviii then peter said to the lord how often shall…
15Matt 6:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:359B…who loves his soul, He says, shall lose it (John 12:25). If you do not remit, He says, to men their sins, neither shall your heavenly Father remit to you (Matt. 6:15); yet you reproach them when they do no…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:567…ther his sins, neither will the Lord forgive yours; for He says, "If you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive yours" (Matt. 6:15). And we all know that He does not lie,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:531D…by a long interval. You pray to God that He may be propitious, and you pray against another? "If you do not forgive," He says, "it shall not be forgiven you" (Matt. 6:15): and do you not only not forgive, but…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:517…heavenly if you do not forgive men neither will your father forgive your trespasses a since god and the father forgives sins and has the power to release the one held…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:277C…did this. He taught, I say, with these words: “If you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses” (Matt. VI, 15). He did this, moreover, when He delive…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1098…re, He who is the truthful Lord also said: "If ye do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses" (Matth. vi, 15): "and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to yo…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1371C…. Therefore, He who is the truthful Lord also said: "If ye do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses" (Matth. vi, 15): "and with what measure ye mete it sha…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:1095…forgive men their b transgressions your heavenly father will also forgive you but if ye forgive not men their transgressions neither will your father forgive your transgressions but let us return to the subject but when…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:205…let us not be exasperated vers but if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will your father forgive your trespasses for nothing does the gracious god so hate as cruelty vers moreover when you…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:481…heavenly father will also forgive you but if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will your father forgive your trespasses b but let us look also at what follows these words when you fast…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:453…heavenly father will also forgive you but if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will your father in heaven forgive your trespasses as in that part he used words of exhortation and incited them…
16Matt 6:16
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:729…synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory of men verily i say unto you they have their reward matt vi and so forth c i cor whether therefore ye eat or drink or…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:715…fasting and when you fast do not become sad like the hypocrites for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting the first and stronger of all evils are three evils…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:675D…ldernesses. Therefore, let us receive with joy that which lavishes so many good things upon us, according to the word of the Lord; not sad like the hypocrites (Matt. 6:16), but showing cheerfulness of mind with…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:719…m evil, and let your lips not speak guile (Ps. 33:14), and that is enough for your salvation. Are you fasting? Do not disfigure your face as the hypocrites do (Matth. 6:16); wash your face and do not appear to m…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:981…glory saying when you fast do not be like the hypocrites gloomy for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting and when you pray do not be like the hypocrites…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1203…reward and he says again when you fast do not be like the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting b amen i say…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:193A…g. Break your bread for the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house. If you see the naked, cover him, and do not overlook those of your own seed." Matth. vi, 16-18.—"When you fast, do not be like the hyp…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:1095…your transgressions but let us return to the subject but when you fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast here…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:205…moreover when you fast do not be as the hypocrites of gloomy countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting amen i say to you they have their reward…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1101…ed for the Pharisees. Among them is also the great Scaliger. Nor do I dissent, unless you refer it to skuthropos [sad-faced], which is mentioned in Matthew vi, 16, especially since the Syrian renders skuthropos, "darkene…
Evagrius PonticusPG 40:1237…he says when you fast do not be as the hypocrites are of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting amen i say to you they…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:903…when you fast do not be like the hypocrites of a somber countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting amen i say to you they have received their…
17Matt 6:17
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:207C…e and leap," but "Clap and jubilate"? To show us the remarkable joy. Just as Christ, when He says, But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face (Matth. VI, 17) (for none of us does this), is not com…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:365…this is the disease which christ was long ago cutting away saying when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face foreknowing the evils produced by it but he does not rebuke them for this…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1071D…with anointed hair. To this pertain those words of our Lord: "You did not anoint my head with oil" (Luke vii, 46); and: "But when you fast, anoint your head" (Matth. vi, 17); as also what Mary Magdalene did: who…
19Matt 6:19
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:303…all who follow him gather their treasures there where the moth devours and where thieves break through and steal but they also build the city of the sun under a false name because he transforms himself…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:767A…k through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal (Matt. VI, 19-20). Sell that ye have, and give alms; pro…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:719…that is in your own native land where rust and moth consume and where thieves break through and steal a triple destruction takes away all the goods of the world for they either grow old of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:289…ny. Earlier he said only that one ought to show mercy; here, however, he shows how much one ought to show mercy, saying: Lay not up for yourselves treasures (Matt. 6:19). Because it was not possible at the be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:293…of christ s teaching if we listen to him exhorting and saying lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth and what more do i gain he says from listening when i am held fast…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:685…too and how shall we know listen to him also saying this lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth where the moth and eating consume and where thieves break through and steal do you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:561…the Lord saying that Blessed are the poor (Ibid. 5:3); and again, Woe to you that are rich (Luc. 6:24); and, Do not store up for yourselves treasure on earth (Matt. 6:19)? Your wealth has increased, and your m…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:755…the former is corruption, but of the latter is a gain that cannot be taken away. And therefore the Son says: Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth (Matt. 6:19); calling us to store up in the heavens…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:167B…had nothing over, and he that had gathered little had no lack" (Exod. 16:18; 2 Cor. 8:15). And to us also it is commanded not to "lay up treasures upon earth" (Matt. 6:19). He who lays up treasures prepares foo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:681…than from treasures heaped up on earth where moth and rust consume and where thieves break through and steal furthermore justice not only saves those who possess it but also stirs many others to a desire…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1103…store up for yourselves treasures on earth where rust and moth consume and where thieves break through and steal but store up for yourselves treasures d in heaven therefore since christ has been raised the words…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:165B…owed with virtue. 111. Whence the term “pardon” is derived. Matt. v, 29. 112. Eternal things compared with earthly ones. “Lay up for yourselves treasures,” Matt. vi, 19. 113. He exhorts to almsgiving. Above,…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:627…lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust consume and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven for now in truth the final age is passing…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1507B…you see what happens to those who store up wealth on earth? Rather, store up in heaven, where neither moth destroys, nor worm consumes, nor thief digs through (cf. Matt. VI, 19-20; Luke XII, 33). O wretched and miserabl…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:93B…aracter of the sonship. Elsewhere, He again reproves those who do all things to please men: "You have," He says, "no reward from your Father who is in heaven (Matt. vi, 19). How much more will your Father who is…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:953…that ye be not judged forgive and it shall be forgiven you lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal but lay up…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:207…where moth and rust consume and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:987C…ory of the first. Read also in the fifth chapter according to Matthew the interpretation of what is said: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth (Matt. vi, 19), and what follows; there you will also…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:485…with the water of purity and that which gushes from our eyes lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal by these…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:487…store up for yourselves treasures on earth where rust and blight destroy and where thieves break through and steal but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven earth is indeed the flesh of man as the…
Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:735…a sad countenance and if ye forgive men their trespasses etc and lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth and judge not that ye be not judged and give and it shall be given unto…
20Matt 6:20
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:351…treasures on earth where moth and rust consume and thieves break through but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes for what is a man profited if he shall gain…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:323…up for yourselves treasures he says where neither rust nor moth consumes and where thieves do not break through and steal vers but the hail if it comes down shall not come upon you and there…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1373…where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in nor steal those…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:767…i lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1589…were said by him in another place as in the case of lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven we are instructed by the things commanded to the young man the lord himself saying sell what…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:247…do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth but store up treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal d by these words it is…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1413…term heaven signifies the incorporeal and intelligible essence according to the passage lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven that is on high he who being in the form of god and equal to god having…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:169D…for ever" (Ps. 111, 9). And very reasonably. For it is stored up in the treasuries of the heavens, where no thief digs through, no robber takes, no moth eats (Matt. 6, 20). If you pray continuous and earnest pr…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:623D…ice, concerning which the Savior also spoke to his holy disciples: "Store up for yourselves a treasure that does not fail, eternal in the heavens" (Luke 12:33; Matt. 6:20). And the same, speaking to the rich ma…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:721…follow the present ones above he commanded alms to be given saying lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven because he who has laid up treasures for himself in heaven he has his heart in heaven…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:709…those suffer who store up for themselves on earth but store up in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and it remains unplundered o wretched and miserable man you trust in the earth and you…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:933…treasure stored up in the heavens where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break through c and steal according to the voice of the lord come let us also bring forward a…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1389D…CXII. — TO THE SAME. He urges us to spend fleeting wealth in such a way that we prepare treasures for ourselves in heaven: "Lay up for yourselves," etc. (Matt. 6:20). There are many and various things, my…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1113…taken away concerning which the lord said lay up for yourselves d treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust corrupt nor do thieves dig through and steal but we also return to our former family…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:385…up for yourselves treasures he says where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break through and steal vers but if hail should descend it shall not come upon you even in the…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:627…where moth and rust consume and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven for now in truth the final age is passing thou shalt not offer the blood of…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1467…he ministers of God, and as it were, his quæstors, who convey whatever anyone bestows upon them into the heavenly treasury, according to that word of Matthew VI, 20: "Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven." And he says t…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:953…you lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1237…he said first do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven and he shows that the heavenly treasures are incorruptible inexhaustible and everlasting while earthly treasures are…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:207…where moth and rust consume and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break through a nor steal…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:485C…, regarding things whose enjoyment is doubtful? Why then do you store up here when your end is uncertain to you? Why do you labor for things [concerning which, Matt. vi, 20]: «For you do not know what the coming…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:451…do not turn away him who wants to borrow from you and lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal and in…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:265…subsists in god is untouched by the all devouring millstones of corruption and where thieves do not break through nor steal let not the god fighters send their tongues thither saying his disciples came by night…
21Matt 6:21
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:13…i lifted up my eyes o thou that dwellest in the heaven for where your treasure is there will your heart be also accordingly the eyes of the foolish man are upon the ends of the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:285D…you, whoever you are who bury your wealth, that you bury your heart along with it. "For where your treasure is," he says, "there will your heart be also" (Matt. vi, 21). On this account, the commandments cau…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:939A…Therefore, we must choose the heavenly treasure alone, so that our heart may be in it. "For where," says He, "your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Matth. vi, 21). If, therefore, we retain for ourselve…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:1167C…Then I think it happens to the one burying his wealth that he buries his heart along with it; for He says, "Where your treasure is, there also is your heart" (Matt. vi, 21). Come then, O rich man, distribute you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:657B…the child, having bound herself to the temple, as if with some chain, by the sympathy of nature. 4. For if where a man's treasure is, there also is his heart (Matth. 6:21, Luc. 12:34), much more where the woman…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:121D…es of fields, prices of houses, gains, traffic, and he does not cease recounting and caring for these. Where the treasure of a man is, there is his heart also (Matt. 6:21). These things he utters, these he worr…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:297C…le at the approach of death, but he even hastens to depart quickly, where his merchandise is. For where the treasure of a man is, there also will his heart be (Matt. 6:21). For if merchants, having shipped many…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:297C…mind, and cleave the judgment. It is necessary, therefore, again to say that evangelical word: Where the treasure of a man is, there also will his heart be (Matt. 6:21). His heart is fixed, it shall not be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:899B…h: so also do the servants of God gladly inquire about the consummation of the world. For it is written: “Where thy treasure is, there also will thy heart be” (Matt. 6.21). If you have some solid sum stored in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:289…of your heart and the being nailed to all the things below for where your treasure is there will your heart be also just as therefore if you deposit in heaven this causes not only the…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1689B…say that a soul is subject to as many masters as it fosters passionate attachments. And the Lord says: "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Matt. VI, 21). And again the Apostle: "By whom a man…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1557…up nor may it happen that you possess such lest you hear where your treasure is there will your heart be also a treasure is whatever a monk acquires for himself beyond three coins according to…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:953…rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal for where your treasure is there will your heart be also take no thought for your life what ye shall eat or what ye…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:207…rust consumes and where thieves do not break through a nor steal for where your treasure is there shall your heart be also since he has cast out the disease of vainglory he speaks logically about…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:893…that does not fail where no thief approaches and no moth destroys for where your treasure is there will your heart be also the lord names those who wish to be his disciples a little flock…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:617…turned their minds away from egyptian customs as the gospel also says where your treasure is there will your heart be also many therefore who are still on the earth by storing up treasure in heaven…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 153:211A…ught not to consider the expenditure a loss, but a gain. Moreover, since the sacred oracles teach that "where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Matt. vi. 21), it follows, Emperor, that since you a…
Gennadius Scholarios, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1400-1473PG 160:365C…f the body; but according to the being of love and affection, it is where it loves, as it is said, "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Matt. vi, 21), and again, as the divine Apostle says…
22Matt 6:22
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:645…these things act as procuresses for themselves by their own looks for the light of the body is the eye says the scripture by which the things within are made manifest illumined by the light which…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:865A…s which are appropriate for each. Caput XV MATTHEW. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light (Matt. VI, 22). As shepherds of the sheep of Christ,…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:453B…y will be full of light. But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!" (Matth. vi, 22, 23; Luc. xi, 34). For just as the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:695A…e. Therefore, he calls the eye of the soul that which is the mind, through which the soul sees. Of which he also says elsewhere: "If your eye be simple," etc. (Matth. 6. 22). Now this carnal eye is not a real eye…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:289…again leading the discourse from things intellectual to things sensible and saying the light of the body is the eye that which he says is of this sort do not bury gold in the earth nor…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1803…is gladdened the face blooms for the lord says c if thy eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light and a good report fattens the bones just as the soul of paul…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:217C…. — “O Lord, Father and God of my life, give me not the haughtiness of mine eyes.” Eccl. xxxi, 14. — “Take heed, and remember that an evil eye is a bad thing.” Matth. vi, 22, 23. — “The light of the body is the ey…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:71…lantern and a guide of salvation according to what is written if thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light and after a few words let no man deceive you by any…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1235…christ sets forth these words before us the lord said the lamp of the body is the eye if your eye is sound your whole body will be full of light d but if your eye…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:207…where your treasure is there shall your heart be also the lamp of the body is the eye if therefore your eye be single your whole body shall be full of light but if your eye…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:25…it is numbered there averso sermon homily on the text the lamp of the body is the eye and concerning a grateful debtor it begins the lamp of the body is the eye it is numbered…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:57…of s martin the bishop homily xlii which is on the words the light of the body is the eye for the feast of s gregory thaumaturgus homily xxiii which contains the same gospel for the…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:881…ever and ever amen h homily xlii on the words the lamp of the body is the eye h a grateful debtor even if he suffers no annoyance from his creditor is nevertheless pricked by his…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:885…a if your eye be single your whole body shall be full of light and with good reason for if your eyes see aright according to the saying of the wise…
Anthony the GreatPG 40:1097…the eye of the soul and its lamp just as the lamp of the body is the eye if therefore the eye is clear the whole body will also be clear but if it is dark…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:387…in the body therefore the lord christ also cried out the lamp of the body is the eye if therefore your eye be sound your whole body shall be full of light luc xi two blind…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1205…a heart be prudent as serpents and innocent as doves the lamp of the body is the eye if therefore your eye is simple your whole body will be bright we understand innocence in two ways…
23Matt 6:23
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:895…nevertheless the lord says but if the light that is in you be darkness how great is that darkness itself they trust however that they are instructors of the foolish and masters of infants as those…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:865…of the body is the eye if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light matt vi as shepherds of the sheep of christ who do not refuse when occasion is…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:453…but if your eye is evil your whole body will be dark if therefore the light that is in you is darkness how great is the darkness matth vi luc xi c for just as the…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1255…illuminated guide rendered intense darkness and this is what the savior says if therefore the light that is in thee be darkness how great is the darkness for if the eye of the body that is…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:47…charioteer or the pilot is such, what hope of salvation is there? Just as when He says, "If the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness?" (Matt. VI, 23). When the pilot is drunk and imitates…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:289…the body is the eye if therefore your eye be single your whole body shall be full of light but if your eye be evil your whole body shall be full of darkness if therefore the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:197…ul is extinguished for them. Wherefore Christ also most of all reproaches them, saying: If the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness! (Matt. 6. 23). And they, at least, have a lamp that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:647C…what happened was done by the devil's insult, who had violently resisted their successes. But when you hear "envy" here, and in the Gospel hear "the evil eye" (Matt. 6. 23) denoting the same: do not think that t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:47A…rofit to be prone to encounter dangers, if one’s life is liable to reproach? For if the Light, he says, that is in you be darkness, how great is the darkness? (Matt. 6:23). And what does an inculpable life prof…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:671B…if he has provided no occasion for being criticized. Hear Christ saying: If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness? (Matt. vi. 23). Having faithful children, not accuse…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:553…also cast them into sickness for this reason it has been said if therefore the light that is in thee be darkness how great is the darkness as for instance if one were to say this…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1803…face blooms for the lord says c if thy eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light and a good report fattens the bones just as the soul of paul when he said…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:217…of the body is the eye if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light but if thine eye be evil thy whole body shall be full of darkness h tit…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:71…of salvation according to what is written if thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light and after a few words let no man deceive you by any means but having these…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1235…d but if your eye is not sound your whole body will be full of darkness if therefore the light that is in you…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1237…has henceforth made vain the motives of his salvation therefore christ says if therefore the light that is in you is darkness how great is the darkness that is to say if the mind which illuminates…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:207…the body is the eye if therefore your eye be single your whole body shall be full of light but if your eye be evil your whole body shall be full of darkness if therefore the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:239…advance and this is what the savior said in the gospel if the light that is in thee be darkness how great shall the darkness be this is to say if the intellect is darkened much…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:247…and therefore the soul is also darkened ver if therefore how great if therefore the light that is in you that is the mind which was given for this purpose that it might illuminate and govern…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:885…a if your eye be single your whole body shall be full of light and with good reason for if your eyes see aright according to the saying of the wise…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:887…evil the whole man is dark in his works belying his nature if therefore the light that is in you is darkness how great is the darkness if the mind given to you he says for…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1403…this is that which was said by the savior in the gospels if therefore the light that is in you is darkness how great is the darkness that is to say if the mind is darkened…
Gregory ThaumaturgusPG 10:1189…of light but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness if therefore the light that is in you is darkness how great is the darkness the sound eye is unfeigned…
Anthony the GreatPG 40:1031…he reproves them the holy gospel also showeth this to us saying if therefore the light that is in you be darkness how great will that very darkness be the prophet also in another place saith…
24Matt 6:24
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:995…follow after him with good reason did the lord jesus also say no man can serve two masters for he will either hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:865…we shall hear that they will not inherit the future world of life. CHAPTER VIII He solves another objection from the words of Christ in Matthew vi, 24, and shows that God alone, since He is without beginning an…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1131B…agerness taught how to "abuse" the flesh. For he did not, I think, wish —in accordance with the Lord’s commandment—to serve two masters, pleasure and God ⟦ Matth. vi, 24; Luc. xvi, 13.⟧. At any rate, they say…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1523…then before proceeding further whether we might not justly accept the saying no man can serve two masters to which is added for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1529…reasonable he has taken the example in vain to reproach the saying no man can serve two masters for the statement is most true when it refers to the duty toward the god of all through…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1601C…elsus says are due to those whom he claims are entrusted with the things of this world; since no one can serve two masters, and we cannot serve God and Mammon (Matth. vi, 24), whatever one or more things that name…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1759…no one he says can serve two masters for he will either hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one and despise the other you cannot serve god and mammon…
Peter of Alexandria c. 250-311PG 18:499D…preferred to suffer the loss of their money, rather than their own souls. Then, confirming this very thing, he brings forward diverse Matth. xvi, 26. Matth. vi, 24. Prov. xiii, 8. Act. xvii, 9, 1…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1189…struggle is held between god and mammon because the lord himself says no man can serve two masters and he opposes mammon to the soul in the living god not because of any exchange but because…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:705…without for no one can serve two masters for he will either hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one that is the outside one by decking herself out for…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:703C…serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon (Matt. vi, 24). Be ye not unequally yoked together wi…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:939A…res to be pursued with the necessary zeal if the mind is distracted by various cares, as the Lord Himself stated when He said: "No man can serve two masters," (Matth. vi, 24) and again: "You cannot serve God and m…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:939A…racted by various cares, as the Lord Himself stated when He said: "No man can serve two masters," (Matth. vi, 24) and again: "You cannot serve God and mammon" (Matth. vi, 24). Therefore, we must choose the heavenl…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1597…the gospels that whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin and no man can serve two masters and ye cannot serve god and mammon and laid down the most manifest dogma saying so likewise whosoever…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:415A…, it is manifest that we have not been enslaved to the holy and passionless Spirit. For no one can serve two masters: Ye cannot, he says, serve God and mammon (Matth. VI, 24). For the temple of God is holy, having…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:741…the root and principle of sin for no one says the lord can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other this distinction teaches who it is that rules evilly…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:137B…another place: "Whose God is the belly, and their glory is in their shame" (Philipp. III, 19). And the Lord in the Gospel says: "You cannot serve two masters" (Matth. VI, 24). Then, after many things have interven…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:139…it have despised the lord which he himself indicates in these words he will hold to the one and despise the other you cannot serve god and mammon do you see how clearly and perspicuously the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:45…ar divine utterances, have endured the talkativeness of the table, when the Lord says: No man can serve two masters; and then, You cannot serve God and mammon (Matt. 6:24)? Let us ask, therefore, what is "mammo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:357C…life (1 Tim. 6: 10). And before him, Christ made this very thing manifest, declaring that it is not possible to serve God for the one who serves that passion (Matt. 6: 24). When, therefore, from the beginning t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:503A…k of her own evils? How, moreover, will you say that she has preferred Christ to all things, when Christ cries out and says: "You cannot serve God and mammon" (Matt. 6:24)? How, furthermore, will you be able to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:705B…For it is not in the nature of things for two contrary statements about the same matter to be true. And the Lord also said: You cannot serve God and mammon (Matt. 6: 24). Seven times a day I have praised the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:721…fail in heaven h homily xvi from chapter vi h no one can serve two masters for either he will hate one and love the other or he will sustain one and despise the other luke…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:355B…command, and quickly departed from the body; but this man does not yield to command. For although he hears Him daily saying, You cannot serve God and mammon (Matt. 6:24), and though He threatens Gehenna and i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:219B…othing is more wicked than to love money: for this man even offers his own soul for sale" (Ecclus. X, 9); and Christ saying: "You cannot serve God and mammon" (Matt. VI, 24); and the Apostle, "The root of all evi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:123A…man departs from God, just as the idolater does. And do not think this is spoken simply; it is a judgment of Christ saying: You cannot serve God and mammon (Matth. VI, 24). Those serving mammon have cast off th…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:225B…e who is a slave to money to be a sincere slave of Christ. Christ Himself declared that the thing is impossible: "You cannot," He says, "serve God and mammon" (Matt. 6:24); and, "No one can serve two masters."…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:557…of heaven. These two loves cannot occupy one soul: For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other (Matt. 6:24). Do you see, tell me, a man having man…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:121B…; for woe to those who say these things, even if they say them in jest. For tell me, did not God threaten such a threat saying: You cannot serve two masters (Matt. 6:24)? And do you dissolve the threat, darin…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:755C…merchant, to be deeply fixed to the earth, and to have brought into one's soul avarice, the mother of all vices? "You cannot," He says, "serve God and mammon" (Matt. 6:24). He placed all men to coalesce, and fo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:877A…or "woe" to those who say these things, even if they say them in jest. For tell me, did not God threaten such a threat, saying: You cannot serve two masters (Matt. 6:24)? And do you loosen the threat? Doe…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:935C…that of the Son another, I wonder how they bear that there should be two lords for a servant. For it is the voice of the Savior: "No one can serve two lords" (Matt. 6, 24). But if you divide the power, how do y…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:195…without any fear we must say it cannot be done so for no man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:383…he had not yet delivered a discourse concerning his own divinity vi no man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:641B…very thing in the Psalms: “Cast your care upon the Lord, and he will nourish you” (Ps. liv, 23). For truly Christ said: “You cannot serve God and mammon” (Matth. vi, 24; Luc. xvi, 13). In order, therefore…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:587…those who truly repent are liberated by the gift of grace for no man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:611…can as the lord says serve two masters for he will either hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one and despise the other therefore we must renounce him who…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1617B…that mammon should agree with God, or that those who serve him should serve God. This is the Lord’s own undoubted decision: "You cannot serve God and mammon" (Matt. vi, 24). Relying upon these things to the bes…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:667B…for God has extinguished the desire for parents. But he who says he possesses both is deceiving himself, hearing Him who says: "No one can serve two masters" (Matth. VI, 24), and what follows. "I have not come,"…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1467…the immoderate desire of acquiring or on avarice h the lord says no man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1231C…ven, and the breadth of the earth, and the abyss, and wisdom, who shall track out?" Matth. V, 14. — "A city cannot be hidden, being set upon a mountain." Matth. VI, 24, 25, 27. — "No one can serve two master…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:175…all that he possesses cannot be my disciple luc xvi no servant can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will cling to the one and despise…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:197…and fervently urged them especially with our savior crying out no one can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1053…the gospels no one can serve two masters for he will cling to the one and despise the other whence the th canon of the holy and ecumenical seventh synod expresses this word for word from…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:961…and unharmed from these things for the lord says matth 'no one can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one and despise…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1239…if the light is such how great is the darkness no one can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will cling to the one and despise…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:207…but god is by nature and truly lord while mammon is injustice for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one and despise the other you cannot…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:967…s who shall give you that which is your own no servant can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:895…highly unfitting for what fellowship hath light with darkness therefore no one can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will cleave to the one and despise…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:911…also inappropriate for what communion has light with darkness no one therefore can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one and despise…
Isaac the Great, Catholicos of Armenia fl. c. 1145PG 132:1215…heard our god and savior in his holy and undefiled gospels saying no man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:879…it or christ himself in the first place whose sentiment this is no man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will sustain the one and…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:965…have heard from the voice of the lord himself that no one can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one and despise…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:967…one according to the lord s word and love the other or he will hold to the one and despise the other therefore this council rejects those things which are done in ecclesiastical affairs for base…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:973A…said in the Gospels: "No one can serve two masters; for he will either hate the one and love the other, or he will be loyal to the one and despise the other" (Matt. 6:24). Whence the 15th canon of the holy and…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:975…or deacon not undertake worldly cares otherwise let him be deposed for no man can serve two masters and the st canon says we have said that it is not fitting for a bishop or presbyter…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:459A…For how can a man be a servant of two masters, since the Lord says in the Gospels: "No man can serve two masters" (Matth. VI, 24)? There is, therefore, only one God, wh…
Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:881…and again no one can serve two masters for he will either hate the one and love the other or he will be obedient to the one and despise the other you cannot serve god and…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:335C…ought to conduct his life in such a way that he does not appear unworthy of this relationship. “For no one,” he says, “can serve two masters, God and mammon” (Matt. VI, 24). Do not, therefore, reason about…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:471…jesus say no one can serve two masters for he will either hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one and despise the other necessarily therefore we too following our…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:509…lord that no one can serve two masters for he will either hate the one and love the other or he will hold to the one and despise the other everyone therefore according to the apostolic…
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Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:205…your life what you shall eat nor for your body what you shall put on is not the life more than food and the body than clothing look at the birds of the air for they…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:349B…to the life in paradise, casts out the anxiety of souls, saying: Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on (Matt. VI, 25). Neither, then, by nature nor by art w…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:769…himself to god chapter v matthew ye cannot serve god and mammon therefore i say unto you take no thought for your life what ye shall eat and what ye shall drink nor yet for your…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1169…food is against the commandment since the lord hath said seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink and be not ye of doubtful mind luc xii and adding that which is more…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:693…strangers h question lxix h how is the saying to be understood take no thought for your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body what ye shall put…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:297…a from those already present he speaks thus is not the soul more than meat and the body than raiment he then who gave the greater how will he not give the lesser he who fashioned…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:365D…essities? Yet Christ even took away the anxiety for these, saying: "Take no thought for your soul, what ye shall eat, nor for your body, what ye shall put on" (Matt. 6.25). And if one ought not to be anxious ab…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:433…you not hear christ saying in the gospels is not the soul more than meat and the body than raiment d do you see that the lamentation arises not from habit but from unbelief but the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:863…and their rewards are illustrious for says the savior be not anxious for your life what ye shall eat and for your body what ye shall put on but seek first the kingdom of god and…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:909…only intelligible but also sensible food from god whence the lord says take no thought for your life what you shall eat nor for your body what you shall put on for your heavenly father knows…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:897C…hese things do the nations of the world seek after; but seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matt. vi, 25, 26). How then does He teach us to pray…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:235B…t to be perversely affected in any matter. Cant. v, 2. — « I sleep, and my heart waketh. » Eccli. xxx, 25. — « Before the time, old age brings anxiety. » Matth. vi, 25-27. — « Be not anxious for your life, what…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:953…steal for where your treasure is there will your heart be also take no thought for your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body what ye shall put…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:985D…the saying: Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on (Matt. vi, 25), and so forth.…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:377…your soul what you shall eat nor for your body what you shall put on is not the soul more than meat and the body more than the raiment behold the birds of the air for…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:895…your soul what ye shall eat and what ye shall drink nor for your body what ye shall put on and yet it is not the soul that eats and drinks but the body but since…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:667…your life what you shall eat nor for your body what you shall put on is not the soul more than meat and the body than clothing behold the birds of the heaven that they do…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1237…is contrary to the command of the lord who says seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink and be not of doubtful mind for all these things do the nations of the…
26Matt 6:26
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1507B…said to them by the Lord not to be anxious about the morrow, and that: "The birds of the air do not sow, nor do they reap, and the heavenly Father feeds them" (Matt. vi, 26). Relying on these words (for it is God…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:769…is not the life more than meat and the body than raiment behold the fowls of the air for they sow not neither do they reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly father feedeth them…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:129C…as serpents, and harmless as doves (Matt. 10:16). And again: Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, and your heavenly Father feeds them (Matt. 6:26). And the prophet, shaming the ungratef…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:647D…to these things, the Savior was saying: Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them (Matt. 6:26). The beasts of the forest are called d…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:297…they merchandise for these things were among those strictly forbidden but what they sow not neither do they reap what is it that it is not necessary to sow he says he did not say that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:197…Him and been put to shame? And again, "Look to the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them" (Matt. 6:26). No one would be able to show us anyon…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:725B…in our own hands. For He says: “Look at the birds of the air, because they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them” (Matt. vi, 26). And again: “Consider the lilies of th…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:973B…ation of the Lord, in which He says: "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them" (Matth. VI, 26). And again: "Consider the lilies of th…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1925…for irrational creatures thus also the lord says in the holy gospels behold the fowls of the air for they sow not neither do they reap nor gather into barns and your heavenly father feedeth them…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:907A…g forth fine bread and radishes! Euripides. Prudence overcomes many hands; But an ignorant multitude adds to the evil. SERMON XXXVIII On Hope. Matt. vi, 26.—Look at the birds of the air, for the…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:235…and the body than clothing behold the birds of the heaven that they sow not neither do they reap nor gather into barns and your heavenly father feedeth them etc c cor vii the time is…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:903B…ured some small hardships on the road, with some of us even falling ill, nevertheless He who said, Look at the birds of the air, and the lilies of the field (Matth. VI, 26, 28), and who does not falter in His pr…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:377…raiment behold the birds of the air for they neither sow nor do they reap nor gather into barns and your heavenly father feedeth them are not you of much more value than they and which…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:667…clothing behold the birds of the heaven that they do not sow neither do they reap nor gather into barns and your heavenly father feeds them are you not much better than they which of you…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:785…look at the birds of the air for they do not sow neither do they reap nor gather into storehouses and your heavenly father feedeth them rom viii by hope we were saved but hope that…
27Matt 6:27
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:769…your heavenly father feedeth them are ye not much better than they which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature and why take ye thought for raiment consider the lilies of…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1041D…or. CHAPTER LVI And for this reason, to those who know how to listen well, the Lord says: “Who of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?” (Matt. vi, 27; Luc. xii, 25), showing that just as th…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:627D…not forbidding us to work, but teaching us to work without anxiety; the latter when He says: "Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?" (Matt. vi, 27), removing, of course, the idle anxiety…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1241…food through his government of them which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature c he shows christ that the body that seems to grow does not grow from food but…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:209…knowledge for gathering their food and which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature he says this that even if you are anxious you can do nothing without god willing it…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:377…feedeth them are not you of much more value than they and which of you by taking thought can add to his stature by one cubit and for raiment why are you solicitous consider the lilies…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:969D…red not only by Homer, but by the evangelists, to the magnitude of the body, that is, to the stature of the body. Such is, to add upon his stature one cubit, Matt. vi, 27. Such is, And Jesus increased in wisdo…
28Matt 6:28
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1279…lord says consider the ravens that they neither sow etc and again consider the lilies of the field how they grow he says that those things which are manifest are to be considered and not angels…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:769…of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature and why take ye thought for raiment consider the lilies of the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:723…providence works in you daily how will it cease in your necessities consider the lilies of the field how they grow in their proper time and are formed at their appointed time they are clothed in…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:725…into barns and your heavenly father feeds them matt vi and again consider the lilies of the field how they grow they do not labor nor do they spin ibid but he even forbade carrying a…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:931…your heavenly father feeds them and why are you anxious about clothing consider the lilies of the field how they grow they do not labor nor do they spin but i say to you that not…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:973…into barns and your heavenly father feeds them matth vi and again consider the lilies of the field how they grow they neither labor nor spin they knew c that the things necessary for the body's…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:69…of solomon or the hangings of solomon concerning which the lord says consider the lilies of the field how they neither spin nor weave and your heavenly father clothes them amen i say to you not…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1575B…e things; for she heard from Isaiah: The desert shall rejoice and flourish like a lily [Isa. xxxv, 1]; and from the Lord: Consider the lilies of the field [Matt. vi, 28]. The Lord intends to say that those wh…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:925A…multitude of men praises me, I deem myself worthy of nothing; but when a few do so, I consider myself a worthy man." SERMO XLIV. On beauty. Matt. vi, 28. — Consider the lilies of the field, ho…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:363A…r in the Gospel, the soul free from cares is designated by the lily. It does not toil, nor does it spin, and yet it is clothed in glory greater than Solomon's (Matt. vi, 28). But concerning those who expend much…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:221B…of their raiment He added: "But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these, which are cast into the oven a little later" (Matt. vi, 28). If, then, God provides so much for th…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:203…he has furnished and nourished with their natural habit consider he says the lilies of the field how they grow they neither toil nor spin ibid and not only these but also the very grass of…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1243…beauty and stature to the body he also provides for the clothing consider the lilies of the field how they grow they do not labor nor do they spin i tell you that not even solomon…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:571A…s is what He teaches in the Gospels, saying: "Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin" (Matt. vi, 28). He shows that those who choose a life…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:209…do you uselessly torture yourself and why are you anxious about clothing consider the lilies of the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin and yet i say unto you that even…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:891…growth so too he will give other things b consider the lilies how they grow they toil not neither do they spin i tell you not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:377…his stature by one cubit and for raiment why are you solicitous consider the lilies of the field how they grow they labour not neither do they spin but i say to you that not even…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:899…with camel s hair and why are you anxious about clothing observe the lilies of the field how they grow they neither toil nor spin yet i say to you that not even solomon in all…
Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:59…bridegroom when he urges his disciples to be anxious for nothing saying consider the lilies of the field how they grow they neither toil nor spin when therefore she calls herself the lily of the valleys…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:959…d h sermon lx al cx on beauty h matt vi observe the lilies of the field how they grow they neither toil nor spin yet i say to you that not even solomon in all…
29Matt 6:29
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:149…himself says in the gospels that the heavenly father clothes and neither solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these the bridegroom is made a lily in this valley in that the heavenly…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:769…the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin and yet i say unto you that even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these wherefore if god so…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:513…grass is like the lilies concerning which the lord said that not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these for all these examples are types and images of christians in the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:299…not nor do they spin and i say to you that not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these d a' having spoken regarding necessary food and showen that one ought…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:931…labor nor do they spin but i say to you that not even solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these he suggests from these things which we see at every hour that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:739…it not true that even solomon however magnificent he may have been in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these it suffices therefore for the wise for the sake of necessity and use…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:69…and your heavenly father clothes them amen i say to you not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these wherefore also a little later the bridegroom names her a lily as…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1629…consider the lilies of the field amen i say to you not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these from every side therefore we learn that besides its fragrance the splendor…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:925…they neither toil nor spin for i say to you that not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these i tim ii i desire that women should adorn themselves in modest…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:221…of their raiment he added but i say to you that not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these which are cast into the oven a little later matt vi if…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:103…is clothed by the same god with a beauty such that not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these how can the unbridled mouths of impiety proclaim one creator for the…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:203…the highest garments for i say to you he says that not even solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these ibid how then can the good god prepare the clothing of the…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1243…do not labor nor do they spin i tell you that not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these not only from the birds does the lord exhort us but also…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:209…the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin and yet i say unto you that even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these b he shames us…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:891…grow they toil not neither do they spin i tell you not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these but if god so clothes the grass which today exists in the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:377…not neither do they spin but i say to you that not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these and if the grass of the field which is today and tomorrow…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1213…furnace is adorned by the same god with such beauty as not even solomon in all his glory was arrayed how do the unbridled mouths of impiety assign one creator for the grass and the birds…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:899…they neither toil nor spin yet i say to you that not even solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these just as when exhorting us not to be anxious about food he…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:959…they neither toil nor spin yet i say to you that not even solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these tim ii i desire women to adorn themselves in modest apparel with…
30Matt 6:30
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:769…solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these wherefore if god so clothe the grass of the field which to day is and to morrow is cast into the oven shall he…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:209…to be arrayed in such a way and if god so clothes the grass of the field which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven shall he not much more clothe you o you…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:377…in all his glory was arrayed as one of these and if the grass of the field which is today and tomorrow is cast into the oven god doth so clothe how much more you o…
Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:209C…nd in him he provides for the creation, so that not even a sparrow falls to the ground without the Father (Matth. x, 29), nor is the grass clothed without God (Matth. vi, 30), but while the Father is working, the…
Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:233…bor, and for this reason the Savior said to His disciples: "O ye of little faith, seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matt. vi, 30, 33). B. Abbas John said that our…
31Matt 6:31
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:811…are you not much better than they do not therefore be anxious saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink for your father knows that you need all these things since you enjoy such…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:769…shall he not much more clothe you o ye of little faith therefore take no thought saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be clothed for after all these…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:723…in god and god is in man therefore do not be anxious saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink for god created these things in nature as if commanding a law for the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:301B…not, therefore, be anxious saying: What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or what shall we wear? For all these things the nations of the world seek after” (Matt. 6. 31-32). You see how he again both rebuked the…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1077B…ll eat, or what you shall drink, or what you shall put on, but seek only the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you' (Matt. 6:31-33). Perhaps also by this the Lord invites…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:929…for do not be anxious about this says the lord teaching and saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or what shall we wear for your heavenly father knows that you need all…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:383…namely the god who created it c vi therefore be not anxious saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or with what shall we be clothed to those who seek what pertains to…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1051…also from those who are sensible for he says do not think saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewith shall we be clothed for all these things the nations seek a…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1463…not better than they and he adds do not be anxious therefore saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or what shall we wear for your heavenly father knows that you need all…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1243…they would not have been anxious so unyieldingly be not therefore anxious saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or with what shall we be clothed for all these things the nations seek…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:209…god they would not be anxious so intensely be not therefore anxious saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be clothed for all these things the gentiles seek he…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:667…anxious for clothing and a little later do not be anxious therefore saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewith shall we be clothed for all these things the nations seek after…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:335…nor foolishly place our hope in it do not therefore be anxious saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or what shall we wear constantly revolving this in your mind as if excusing…
32Matt 6:32
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:769…eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be clothed for after all these things do the gentiles seek…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…for your heavenly father knoweth that ye have need of all these things but seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:931A…ights and piteous cries. Judges and executioners are there, and chasms, and recesses filled with countless evils are laid open. SERMON XLVI. On Glory. Matt. vi, 32. — Seek the kingdom of God, and his gl…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:953…shall drink nor yet for your body what ye shall put on for your heavenly father knoweth that ye have need of all these things he therefore who gave the soul and the body will surely…
33Matt 6:33
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:351…you have need of these things but seek the kingdom of heaven and all these things shall be added to you for where the treasure is there also is the mind of man and do not…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:541…scripture which cries out clearly seek first the kingdom of the heavens and all these things shall be added unto you but if everything has been gifted to you and if everything has been permitted to…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:703…seek he said and pursue with anxious care the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added to you for your father knows what you need thus he forbids not only being unoccupied but…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:979B…mus. » Hactenus ille. Nec absimile quidem est quod apud nos scriptum habetur, « Quærite primum regnum Dei, et justitiam ejus, et hæc omnia adjicientur vobis » (Matth. vi, 33). Quin et ipse quoque Moyses tanto ante…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:909…that you have need of these things nevertheless seek first his kingdom and all these things shall be added unto you luc xii c after these things the persecution under maximinus occurred and when the holy…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1371…nor do they reflect upon them trusting in the lord's voice seek first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added to you and thus surely the left will not know what the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1035…was afraid let us therefore also seek first his kingdom and so all these things shall be added unto us for thus our lord jesus christ also teaches us in the gospels saying seek and ye…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…your heavenly father knoweth that ye have need of all these things but seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you take therefore no thought…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:785…thy will be done matth vi and the rest matthew but seek first the kingdom of god and his justice ibid when you stand praying forgive if you have anything against anyone marc xi i will…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1271A…: “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matt. VI, 33), and, being fully assured of the truth…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1327…necessary for the body just as the lord himself says seek ye the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you d there is however dearly beloved a twofold…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:537…the lord says in your patience possess your souls and again seek first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added to you xi it is possible however that one who struggles in…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:807…and ask him because he so commanded but you he says seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you so that by these little and temporal…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1177…he says for the kingdom and the righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you in christ jesus our lord to whom be glory and power for ever and…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:713…have need of these fleshly things seek therefore the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you instead of your father it had the father instead of the second or third watch…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:747…governing his servants with singular providence schol seek the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added to you refut if we are sustained by the resources of another and there is another god…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:385…This word is not my own, but of the Lord Himself who is to grant these things. Seek, He says, the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt. 6, 33). What could be equal to this honor? Ca…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:529B…ament of life, and the crown of life, according to the word of Christ. For seek, he says, the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt. 6:33). But now we ourselves are the cause of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:305…himself knows thereafter how to care for you for he says seek first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added to you thus then beloved let us philosophize with toil and humility…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:215D…pursue the divine, are not deprived of this. That which He Himself promised first: "Seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you" (Matt. 6:33): for when one is held by the desire fo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:477D…unjust (Matt. 5:45). And let us be persuaded by Him when He counsels and says: Seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt. 6:33). Do you see that He Himself has prepar…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:607…ings will be made easy and forward for you. "Seek ye therefore," he says, "first the kingdom of heaven, and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matt. 6. 33). Let us seek this, therefore, dearly beloved, that we may…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:61…the present and the future seek he says the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you luke but the fullness will be given then for since the present life is frail…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:293B…ey had the glory from God. This also followed according to the divine word which says: Seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt. 6:33). For what was more noble than them? As…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:369…this results from an abundance for seek first the kingdom of heaven and all these things shall be added to you d since therefore he was conversing with those who were still more imperfect he led…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:429…ese transitory things, but for those incorruptible and immortal ones. For seek, he says, the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matt. VI, 33). I have cried unto you. You see how…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:641…and to him that knocketh it shall be opened matt and seek the kingdom of god and his justice and all these things shall be added unto you ibid thy youth shall be renewed as the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:723…neither flee from evil nor grasp the good therefore he says seek first the kingdom of god and his justice the kingdom of god is the retribution of good and evil works but justice is the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:227B…in the present life, he does not halt the promise with these alone: for Seek ye, he says, the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt. VI, 33). And again: Everyone that hath forsak…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:301…not being anxious about such things saying seek the kingdom of heaven and all these things shall be added to you for since he relaxed the soul from anxiety then he also made mention of heaven…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:303…be sought perfunctorily and therefore he said seek the kingdom of heaven and all these things shall be added unto you he did not say they shall be given but they shall be added that you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:337D…for the lad, and he departed having received the kingdom. Do you see how the [text], "Seek the kingdom of heaven, and all these things shall be added to you" (Matt. 6:33), was already fulfilled? For since he d…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:547…spiritual things and pray seek ye he says the kingdom of heaven and all these things shall be added unto you perceive also another of their philosophies that we may be found he says before him…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:643…those things above all for seek says christ the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you and even if this had not been added still one ought not to have desired…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:45…that is from god for seek he says the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you so also with glory when for us the giving of it is safe both that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:181C…as this One promises a kingdom, or rather even money along with it. For "Seek first the kingdom of God," He says, "and all these things shall be added to you" (Matt. 6:33). And those do not even add it as an ex…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:147…god and all things will succeed for her for he says seek first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you you must consider how the children of such parents should…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:555C…ingdom of heaven: if you wish to enjoy present things, despise them; for He says, Seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added unto you (Matt. 6:33). Why do you marvel at small things? Wh…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:75…difficulties there too christ therefore says c seek the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you and these things are to be given in the part of an addition we however…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:161B…shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life (Matth. 19. 29); and again: Seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you (Matth. 6. 33). Dost thou see how these also are give…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:379…shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life and again seek first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you you see that these are given by him in the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:717…here for he is truthful who says seek the kingdom of heaven and all these things shall be added unto you beside these even the receiving after a long time increases the wealth for you for…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1071C…prayer the kingdom of God and His justice, which He said is within us (Luc. XVII, 21); and to those seeking it, He promised all things necessary for the body (Matth. VI, 33). Since therefore we have heard these t…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1077…you shall drink or what you shall put on but seek only the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you' matt perhaps also by this the lord invites…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:381C…ish questions, which befit only playing children, be persuaded by the great and true Teacher crying out: “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matth. VI, 33). For each thing has its proper time: t…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:931…little effort and without any trouble for seek he says the kingdom and all these things shall be added to you d for that he might not seem to have said something for empty boasting and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:863…eat and for your body what ye shall put on but seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you and he calls sins again those things…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:689…added all other things for he himself says in the gospels seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you viii that thine eyes may be open…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:1029…not anxious for your life what you shall eat but seek rather the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you since the history has been explained as far…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:631…to matthew seek ye first the justice of god and his kingdom and all these things shall be added unto you blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake for theirs is the kingdom of…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:679D…cum eo convivabantur principes. INTERR. XVII. Quinam sunt Ætham et Æman, quos Salomo superavit sapientia b? Illo tempore nonnulli erant insignes sapientia: u Matth. vi, 33. v III Reg. iii, 14. x ibid. 15. y ibid…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1687…seeks finds and to him who knocks it will be opened seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you abundantly b your youth will be renewed…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:763…also exhorted them to ask for as they prayed seek he says the kingdom of god and his righteousness therefore the holy gabriel spoke appositely and to bring in everlasting righteousness he added moreover and to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1471…which he also exhorted those who pray to ask for saying seek the kingdom of god and his righteousness the holy gabriel appropriately said and to bring in everlasting righteousness he further added and to seal…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1417…requests for this reason while establishing the law he also said seek the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all other things shall be added unto you and again everyone that hath forsaken father or…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:383…to a uniform and divine life so c that we should seek first the kingdom of god and his justice that state by which the soul is thus disposed he called a sacred habit which is…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:115…forbids but the life that is unified and divine consists in seeking first the kingdom of god and his righteousness this the lord signified when he said in the prayer that they may be one…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:847…it nor for your body how you shall clothe it but seek first the kingdom of god and his justice for it will come to pass that all these things will be added unto you furthermore…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1153…you did not ask for it is in agreement with that seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you vers and behold a dream that is…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1463…your heavenly father knows that you need all these things but seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you to him be glory unto the ages…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1737…knows what things you need let us seek according to his word first the kingdom of god and his righteousness that together with these earthly stays we may possess the heavenly ones also let us imitate…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1803…consistent order for obtaining good things rather let us seek his kingdom and all these things shall be added unto us according to his word it would surely prevail much more and turn out more happily…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1805…you need all these things but seek first the kingdom of heaven and all these things shall be added to you to him be glory forever amen h homily cxx on firstfruits h as regards firstfruits…
Leontius of Neapolis c. 590–c. 650PG 93:1641…will not leave you nor forsake you hebr xiii and again seek first the kingdom of god and his justice and all these things shall be added to you matt vi the inhabitants of the city…
Leontius of Neapolis c. 590–c. 650PG 93:1653…the ground as you estimated the price but the lord said 'seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you' matt vi and therefore i made the…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:375…just as faith is not either but when the lord says seek first the kingdom of god and his justice that is before all things the knowledge of the truth and thus the exercise of fitting…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:615…as in the passage seek peace and pursue it b or seek first the kingdom of god and his justice should think this understanding not sufficiently firm he will have faith in these sayings if only…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:897…for all these things do the nations of the world seek after but seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you matt vi how then…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:1227B…16. When the Lord said, Seek first the kingdom of God, and his justice (Matt. vi, 33); that is, before everything else the k…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:931…are laid open h sermon xlvi on glory h matt vi seek the kingdom of god and his glory and all these things shall be added unto you…
Isaac of Nineveh c. 613-c. 700PG 86:855…by god because he keeps the commandment of him who said seek first the kingdom of god and his justice and all these things shall be added unto you when we are thus disposed the world…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:915…nor for your body what you shall put on and again seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you and speaking to martha martha martha thou…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1259C…to exist together with the love of God; just as it is impossible for light and darkness to exist together. LITTERA B. TΙΤΛΟΣ Α'. — De regno cœlorum. Matth. vi, 33. — «Seek therefore first the kingdom o…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:617…than that he who promised has not done so in vain seek first the kingdom of god and his justice and all these things shall be added unto you to us indeed they have been added…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:637…said i will not desert you nor forsake you and again seek first the kingdom of god and his justice and all these things shall be added unto you and if these things fail for the…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:657C…ord—trusting in the promise of Him who cannot lie, saying: Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you (Matth. VI, 33). May we attain this, by the grace and…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:103…your heavenly father knows that you need all these things but seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you whose o most wretched man is the…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:459…by no means be defrauded of what is asked these things are the kingdom of god and his righteousness then let him be patient in the petition of such things and not having prayed for a…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:493B…eacher exhorted. But someone might say: And how or what is it necessary to ask? Hear Him who made the promise: “Seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matt. vi, 33). It is manifest, therefore, that he wh…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:953…the air and adorneth the lilies of the field with such beauty but seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you take therefore no thought…
John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1243…heavenly father knows that you need all these things but seek you first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you the kingdom of god d is the enjoyment of good…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:555…the empty wisdom of the greeks in your prayers you seek only the kingdom of god and his righteousness and you do not feed on superfluous and delectable foods but are content with luxuries that are…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:209…that you have need of all these things d but seek you first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you the kingdom of god is the enjoyment…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:891…knows that you need these things but seek the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added to you c he set forth the example of the lilies to put us more to shame…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:1173…might respond listen to him who made the promise teaching this seek the kingdom of god and his righteousness it is manifest therefore that he who asks in this way and principally for such things will…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1207…with the eternal ones according to what we read written elsewhere seek first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added to you according to the anagogy the wife of the pious and…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:193…the intelligible when he promises the sensible seek ye therefore he says first the kingdom of god and his justice and all these things shall be added unto you and again there is no man that…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1213…your heavenly father knows that you need all these things but seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you…
John Zonaras d. after 1159PG 134:253…god is revealed in it but the lord teaches us to seek the kingdom of god and his righteousness which he himself brought to light for us through his own teaching and to anoint the holy…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:669…and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:335…soul for that is the way of the gentiles he added seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you by this he showed that if you…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:377…add the temporal things if we seek the spiritual ones saying seek first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added…
Nicholas Cabasilas c. 1322–c. 1391PG 150:393…to pray he now teaches also what must be asked for first first the kingdom of god and his righteousness for the kingdom signifies the salvation of souls while the peace from above signifies the righteousness…
Nicholas Cabasilas c. 1322–c. 1391PG 150:487…for our own selves regarding bodily goods however the lord commanded seek first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you and be not anxious about food and clothing for your…
Nicolaus V Papa 1397-1455 (pope 1447-1455)PG 160:1139…by his infinite and all pervading power and he commands continuously seek the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all other things shall be added unto you for he will give much better and more…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1027…ambitions for glory and the like for the savior himself commanded seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you for your father knows what things you…
Serapion of ThmuisPG 40:935…cares of the world having great confidence in him who said seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you x wherefore you are worthy of praises…
Evagrius PonticusPG 40:1255B…ought the kingdom of heaven and the justice of God. For the Lord says: "Seek the kingdom of God and His justice; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matt. VI, 33). V. Do not keep a servant with yo…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:237B…r, have recourse to God. Your matchmaker will not be burdened. His own promise is: Seek the kingdom of heaven, and all these things will be added to you (Matt. 6:33). Do not say, "How can I see God? How c…
Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:233…the savior said to his disciples o ye of little faith seek first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you matt vi a b abbas john said that our father…
AnonymousPG 106:1085…teaching he promises both heavenly and inferior things when he says seek first the kingdom of god and all these things shall be added unto you and elsewhere everyone who has left anything for my sake…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:879…eat nor for your body what you shall put on but seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you acts xx i have coveted no man's…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:901…health but excess is harm and loathing and disease christ says seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you but we have inverted the order and…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:961…soul h sermon lxi h al cxi of glory matth vi seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you…
34Matt 6:34
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:771…and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself sufficient unto the day is the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:251…45:7); naming calamities "evil" again. Christ also alluded to this evil in the Gospels, saying to his disciples: Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof (Matt. 6:34), that is, the affliction, the hardship…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:151…" (Amos 3:6), he meant this evil: famine, sickness, and plagues inflicted by God; thus also Christ, when He says, "Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof" (Matt. 6:34), means the sweats, the labor, the affl…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:279D…you do not know if you will see the span, why do you have anxiety? For this He commands in many things in what follows, saying: Be not anxious for the morrow (Matt. 6:34). For He wishes us to be always girded…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:303B…you should suffer superfluous misery, and fall away from the proposed aim. Be not therefore anxious for the morrow. For the day's malice is sufficient for it (Matt. 6:34), that is, its misery and destruction.…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:247C…ious and troubled about many things; but one thing is necessary; Mary has chosen the best part" (Luke x. 41-42)? and again, "Do not be anxious about tomorrow" (Matt. vi. 34)? It would be worth the effort to answe…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:127D…ding the day, it must be regarding the day itself, regarding the hours, regarding the light. Thus also Christ says: “Sufficient for the day is its own malice” (Matt. 6:34). From this, therefore, we shall also k…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:167C…luous, however, is an addition of foolish anxieties. For what He was about to give afterwards, when He said, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof" (Matt. 6:34), this He had already taught from above…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1775…index analyticus sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof i the sum of the law and the prophets iv the tops of the herbs i…
Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1291A…f ten thousand labors and pains for men. (Ps. LXXVII, 49; Isa. XLV, 7; Isa. XXVI, 15; Mich. I, 12; Gen. XVI, 6; XV, 13; Ps. XCIII, 5; Joel II, 13; Amos III, 6; Matt. VI, 34.) 29. “Cup” is often used for puni…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1117C…the mouth of God (Matt. IV, 4): how then do some accuse Christ's commandment as impossible and laborious, whereby He said: Do not be anxious for the morrow (Matt. VI, 34)? For behold, the Law commands similar…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1585C…ot be deprived of a good day.» TITLE II. — On an evil day. Eccli. xi, 27. — «In the day of evil things, there shall be no remembrance of good things.» Matt. vi, 34. — «Do not be anxious for the morrow; f…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:683B…praised by the Lord, and daily purges himself from stains on all sides, neither postponing it until tomorrow? For sufficient, He says, is the evil of the day (Matt. vi, 34). Who, through zeal, combines constant…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1241…things occurring to us, thus naming the day. Therefore, Christ says, "Sufficient for the day is its own evil" (Matt. 6:34), that is, the evils that happen in it…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:953…and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself all things whatsoever ye would that…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:209…also bodily things by the liberality of god be not therefore anxious for the morrow for the morrow shall be anxious for the things of itself sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof he calls…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:669…and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself sufficient unto the day is the…
Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:353A…e the Lord, and await temptation until his last breath." 126. (69) Abba Poemen was asked to whom the written word applies: "Do not be anxious about tomorrow" (Matt. vi, 34). The old man said to him: "It was spok…
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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:523B…ll, as those who have experienced it testify—may it be far from us to experience it; for we have been rightly taught to pray, "Do not lead us into temptation" (Matt. 6:41). For, like some executioner sitting wi…