Matthew 5:19
That is also why Moses’ law accepts the split hoof: that through riddles it may teach us to journey by both — by word and by deed. I think the split hoof in the law signifies this: that we journey by word and deed, neither acting without reason nor holding a word apart from deed.
If something from such things wants to stand alone, let it be deed and not word. An unbridled word has often pushed those who have it over cliffs; deed never has.
Greek
Τὸ δὲ οὐ δύναται πόλις· οἱ ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει ἱδρυμένοι ὡς ἐπ' ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ οὐκ ὀφείλουσι λαθραίως ἢ μετὰ δειλίας λαλεῖν τὸν λόγον.
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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