Matthew 10:40–42
He said this so that no one would plead poverty as an excuse, wanting to give a reward to those who receive them.
Greek
Ὅτι δεῖ πρῶτον τοῖς Ἰου δαίοις κηρύττειν· πρὸς αὐτοὺς γὰρ ἦσαν γεγονυῖαι αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι, ὅτι ἐξ αὐτῶν ἤμελλεν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὀφθῆναι καὶ ὅταν ἠπείθησαν, τότε εἰς τὰ ἔθνη χω ρῆσαι. Σαμαρείτας δὲ συνάπτει τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν, ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἦσαν κατὰ γένος Βαβυλώνιοι ὄντες καὶ οἰκήσαντες τὴν Ἰουδαίαν. ∆ίκαιον γάρ ἐστι πρὸς Ἰου δαίους πρῶτον κηρυχθῆναι τὸν λόγον, ἐπεὶ καὶ πρὸς ἐκείνους αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι πρῶτον, καὶ ὅτι ἐξ αὐτῶν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ἐφάνη. ὅτε δὲ ἠπείθησαν, ἀναγ καῖον ἦν εἰς τὰ ἔθνη χωρῆσαι. συν άπτει δὲ τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν τοὺς Σαμαρείτας ὡς ἐξ ἐθνῶν ὑπάρ χοντας καὶ αὐτοὺς καὶ τὴν Ἰου δαίαν οἰκήσαντας.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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