Matthew 13:52
A “scribe” (Matthew 13:52) is the one who, through persistent reading of the scriptures of both the old and the new, has stored up a treasure of knowledge for himself. That is why he blesses those who have brought together in themselves both legal and gospel training, so as to bring out from the treasure things new and old. He also likens these to a scribe, just as elsewhere he says, “I send you wise men and scribes.” See how he does not cast out the old — through which the soul is adorned.
Greek
Γραμματεύς ἐστιν ὁ διὰ τῆς ἐπιμόνου ἀναγνώσεως τῶν γραφῶν τῆς τε παλαιᾶς καὶ τῆς νέας θησαυρὸν γνώσεως ἑαυτῷ ἀποθέμενος. διὸ μακαρίζει τοὺς συνενεγκόντας ἐν ἑαυτοῖς νομικὴν παιδείαν καὶ εὐαγγελικήν, ὥστε ἐκβάλλειν ἐκ τοῦ θησαυροῦ νέα καὶ παλαιά. τούτους καὶ γραμματεῖ ὁμοιοῖ καθὼς καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ φησιν· "ἀποστέλλω" ὑμῖν "σοφοὺς καὶ γραμματεῖς". εἶδες πῶς οὐκ ἐκβάλλει τὴν παλαιάν–δι' ὧν καλλωπίζεται ἡ ψυχή.
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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