Fragments on Matthew · §231

Matthew 23:25

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Through these he describes the Pharisees’ life, advising not to be molded only by outward fashionings, but also to have the inside clean — what belongs to mind and heart (Matthew 23:25).

Greek

διὰ τούτων τὸν τῶν Φαρισαίων διαγράφει βίον παραινῶν μὴ τοῖς ἔξω θεν σχηματισμοῖς πλάττεσθαι μόνον, ἀλλ' ἔχειν καὶ τὰ ἔσωθεν κα θαρὰ τὰ εἰς νοῦν καὶ καρδίαν.

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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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