Matthew 3:2
The kingdom of the heavens is justification through faith and sanctification through the Spirit. That is why he also says elsewhere, “The kingdom of the heavens is within you.”
Greek
Εἰ δὲ ὁ Ναζωραῖος ἅγιος ἑρμηνεύεται ἢ κατά τινας 2 ἄνθος, εὑρί σκεται τοῦτο παρὰ πολλοῖς τὸ ὄνομα· "ἅγιον" γὰρ "ἁγίων" ὁ ∆ανιὴλ αὐτὸν ὀνομάζει. καὶ ὁ Ἠσαΐας· "ῥάβδον ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ καὶ ἄνθος ἐξ αὐτῆς" καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ κύριος περὶ ἑαυτοῦ λέγει ἐν τῷ ᾄσματι τῶν ᾀσμάτων· "ἐγὼ ἄνθος πεδίου, κρίνον τῶν κοιλάδων".
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Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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- 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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