Matthew 9:11–13
Yet the old law forbade the holy to glue themselves to the profane, lest their mind slip — not the opposite: if a profane person runs toward a holy one, one must not turn him away, according to “You shall not abhor an Edomite or an Egyptian.” (Deuteronomy 23:7)
But of Christ, who is above every wickedness and passion, one must think no such thing. He wants faith that justifies the human being, not the law in letters that commands sacrifices through bloods — which he makes clear by adding also “knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings,” for “mercy” (Hosea 6:6) (Matthew 9:11–13) is the gospel word. So we are justified from faith freely, without works of law. And he calls not those who are near, but those who have stood far off.
Greek
Πλὴν τοὺς ἁγίους ὁ πάλαι νόμος ἐκώλυσε συγκολλᾶσθαι τοῖς βεβή λοις, ἵνα μὴ παρολισθήσῃ αὐτῶν ὁ νοῦς, οὐ μὴν τὸ ἐναντίον, 11 ἐὰν προσ τρέχῃ βέβηλος ἁγίῳ, δεῖ αὐτὸν ἀποστρέφεσθαι κατὰ τό· "οὐ βδελύξῃ Ἰδουμαῖον οὐδὲ Αἰγύπτιον". ἀλλ' ἐπὶ Χριστοῦ οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον δεῖ ἐννο εῖν τοῦ πάσης κακίας καὶ πάθους ἀνωτέρου· πίστιν γὰρ θέλει δικαιοῦ σαν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, οὐ τὸν ἐν γράμμασιν νόμον τὸν τὰς δι' αἱμάτων θυσίας ἐπιτάττοντα, ὅπερ σαφηνίζων ἐπάγει καὶ "ἐπίγνωσιν θεοῦ ἢ ὁλοκαυτώματα· ἔλεος" γάρ ἐστιν ὁ εὐαγγελικὸς λόγος. διὸ ἐκ πίστεως δικαιούμεθα δωρεὰν ἄνευ ἔργων νόμου. καλεῖ δὲ οὐ τοὺς ἐγγὺς ὄντας, ἀλλὰ τοὺς μακρὰν ἀφεστηκότας.
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.
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- 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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