Fragments on Matthew · §226

Matthew 23:4

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Woe to you, then, lawyers: while the law is admittedly burdensome, on others who trample it you bring the penalty of death, but you yourselves do not even touch the law (Matthew 23:4).

Greek

Οὐαὶ τοίνυν ὑμῖν, ὦ νομικοί, ὅτι φορτικὸν ὁμολογουμένως ὄντα τὸν νόμον τοῖς μὲν ἄλλοις πατοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτου δίκην ἐπάγετε, αὐτοὶ δὲ τοῦ νόμου οὐδὲ προσψαύετε.

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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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