Matthew 13:2
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI And again in another place it is written, "All the multitude stood on the beach and He spake to them many things in parables."[34]... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI And again in another place it is written, "All the multitude stood on the beach and He spake to them many things in parables."[34]... [ Continue Reading ]
Dialogue of Justin to be continually solicitous; but I speak all things simply and candidly, as my Lord said: `A sower went forth to sow the seed; and some fell by the wayside; and some among thorns, and some on stony ground, and some on good ground.'[489] Tertullian Scorpiace In the parable also... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth The thistles are the rich, and the thorns are they who are immersed in much business. Those, [accordingly, who are entangled in many various kinds of business, do not[36]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI These chosen abodes, which are three, are indicated by the numbers in the Gospel-the thirty, the sixty, the hundred.[218]... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Against Celsus Book VII no one is so foolish as to suppose that the eyes of the body behold the wonders of the divine law, or that the law of the Lord gives light to the bodily eyes, or that the sleep of death falls on the eyes of the body. When our Saviour says, "He that hath ears to hear,... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI Then after the parable of the Sowing, it was no longer the multitudes but the disciples who came and said to Him, not "Why speakest thou to us in parables," but, "Why speakest thou to them in parables."[35]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV But blessed are your eyes, which see the things that ye see; and your ears, which hear what ye do hear.[412] Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Fifth " And he answered me again, saying, "Every one who is the servant of God, and has his Lord in his heart, asks of Him un... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book II has deemed God's law to be foolishness, and has therefore neglected to observe it; and as a further consequence, by his not having faith, "even that which he seemeth to have hath been taken from him"[29] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X We are taught by these... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I " "Wherefore," says the Lord, "I speak to them in parables: because seeing, they see not; and hearing, they hear not, and do not understand; "[4] Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V For, says he, it is necessary that the magnitudes be declared, and th... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved? "And blessed are ye who see and hear what neither righteous men nor prophets" (have seen or heard),[44] Methodius Discourse VII. Procilla Therefore, also, she is blessed and praised by all, because she saw and heard freely what those d... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV But that it was not only the prophets and many righteous men, who, foreseeing through the Holy Spirit His advent, prayed that they might attain to that period in which they should see their Lord face to face, and hear His words, the Lord has made manifest, when He... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Third "Because," he said, "neither are the righteous manifest in this life, nor sinners, but they are alike; for this life is a winter to the righteous, and they do not manifest themselves, because they dwell with sinners: for as in winter trees that have cast their lea... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third " "But who are these, Lady, that are white and round, and yet do not fit into the building of the tower? "She answered and said, "How long will you be foolish and stupid, and continue to put every kind of question and understand nothing? These are those who have faith... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V For as the good olive, if neglected for a certain time, if left to grow wild and to run to i wood, does itself become a wild olive; or again, if the wild olive be carefully tended and grafted, it naturally reverts to its former fruit-bearing condition: so men also,... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Epistle V the honourable glories of many and good confessors are tarnished;[10] Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John And they said to Him, Lord, wilt Thou, then, that we go and root them up? And He said, Nay, but let both grow together until the harvest; and in the... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV " But while men slept, the enemy came, and "sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went his way."[635] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII And then, that heresies should be sown among the truth, as "tares among the wheat," was foretold by the Lord; and wha... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V [also] at the time of the end, to order the reapers to collect first the tares together, and bind them in bundles, and burn them with unquenchable fire, but to gather up the wheat into the barn;[237] Tertullian Against Praxeas But again shall it be rooted up, if t... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I Wherefore He Himself, declaring Himself very beautifully, likened Himself to a grain of mustard-seed;[257] Tertullian An Answer to the Jews the Fashioner of humanity, the Sower[15] Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V That which is, he says, n... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Eighth I said to him, "Sir, explain to me what this tree means, for I am perplexed about it, because, after so many branches have been cut off, it continues sound, and nothing appears to have been cut away from it. By this, now, I am perplexed." "Listen," he said: "Thi... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V And now, by the parable of the leaven, the Lord shows concealment; for He says, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."[150] Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V This,... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV 3. The Lord, indeed, sowed good seed in His own field;[634] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI The apostles accordingly say of the Lord, that "He spake all things in parables, and without a parable spake He nothing unto them; "[240] Origen Commentary on Matt... [ Continue Reading ]
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes , from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias.[246]... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X "[1] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI And in another place He dismisses the multitudes indeed, and goes into the house,[38] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI but He does not dismiss the disciples; and there came to Him into His house, not the multitudes... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X "[5]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV that is, in this world (for "the field is the world"[353] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV those] of the devil, for whom eternal fire is prepared; and as, again, He declares with regard to the tares, "The tares are the children of the wicked one,"[639] Irenaeus... [ Continue Reading ]
Clementine Homily III And to those who suppose that God tempts, as the Scriptures say, He said, `The tempter is the wicked one, '[56] Clementine Homily XIX And elsewhere He said, `He who sowed the bad seed is the devil.'[6] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X And according to this the whole wor... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV The Son of man shall send His angels, and they shall gather from His kingdom everything that offendeth, and those who work iniquity, and shall send them into a furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the just shine forth as the sun... [ Continue Reading ]
Revelation of Paul And I asked the angel: Who are these? And he answered and said to me: These are they who are sent forth in the day of the resurrection to bring the souls of the righteous,[9]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh -not even a hair, as also not an eye nor a tooth. And yet whence shall come that "weeping and gnashing of teeth,"[236] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X Then those who become conscious that they have received the seeds of the evil one in themselves, b... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II ut to confusion, when they affirm that such a Master was more highly toned [in spirit] and better than others, and yet manifestly give instruction of a kind utterly opposed to His teaching? And, again, if there were really no such thing as good and evil, but certai... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV ). For Christ is the treasure which was hid in the field,[352] Address of Tatian to the Greeks For we know that the nature of wickedness is like that of the smallest seeds; since it has waxed strong from a small beginning, but will again be destroyed if we obey t... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms He says: "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls. And when he found a precious pearl, he went away and sold all that he had, and bought it."[26] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the sam... [ Continue Reading ]
Recognitions of Clement III But Peter said: "Who is he that is earnest toward instruction, and that studiously inquires into every particular, except him who loves his own soul to salvation, and renounces all the affairs of this world, that he may have leisure to attend to the word of God only? Suc... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI I pass over in silence at present the parable which says in the Gospel: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who cast a net into the sea and out of the multitude of the fishes caught, makes a selection of the better ones."[170] Origen Commentary on Matthew Bo... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the righteous and shall cast them into the furnace of fire."[55]... [ Continue Reading ]
Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John And He added, Therefore is every scribe instructed in the kingdom of God like unto a man that is a father of a family, bringing forth from his treasure things new and old,"[9] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X "[59]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV All things therefore are of one and the same substance, that is, from one and the same God; as also the Lord says to the disciples "Therefore every scribe, which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth for... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X " Only, whether he is putting a question or making an affirmation, it is necessarily said not "these things" only,-which is demonstrative,-not "all things" only, but "all these things." And here He seems to represent the disciples as having been scribes before the... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ condition of His terrene flesh which made all things else about Him wonderful, as when they said, "Whence hath this man this wisdom and these mighty works? "[136] Origen Against Celsus Book VI Now who is there that is capable of giving even moderate attention to... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews I wait to hear what you understand thereby; for fear you may perhaps think some carpenter-king[220] Origen Commentary on John Book VI "John whom I beheaded, he is risen from the dead; "so that he appears not to have known what was said about Christ, as reported in... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X With regard to Joseph and Simon we have nothing to tell; but the saying, "And His sisters are they not all with us."[110]... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X " They have not done so, but have named it "His country," because of something being declared in a mystic sense in the passage about His country,-namely, the whole of Judaea,-in which He was dishonoured according to the saying, "A prophet is not without honour, sa... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X "[127] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X And perhaps, as in the case of material things there exists in some things a natural attraction towards some other thing, as in the magnet for iron, and in what is called naphtha for fire, so there is an attraction in s... [ Continue Reading ]