Matthew 9:14–17
The Pharisees, resembling a torn garment or an old wineskin, cannot receive the youthful teaching that annuls the bodily things of the law. He says the tear is worse because those who hear the gospel and do not accept it are punished more than those who never heard.
And since John’s disciples asked the Lord two things — why we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not — to them he spoke the parable of the bridegroom, and to the Pharisees the one about the wineskins (Matthew 9:14–17).
Greek
Οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἐοικότες δὲ ἱματίῳ κατερρωγότι ἢ ἀσκῷ παλαιῷ οὐ δύνανται τὴν νεάζουσαν δέξασθαι διδασκαλίαν εἰς ἀθέτησιν τῶν σω ματικῶν τοῦ νόμου. χεῖρον δέ φησιν τὸ σχίσμα, διότι οἱ ἀκούοντες τοῦ εὐαγγελίου καὶ μὴ καταδεχόμενοι πλείω τῶν μὴ ἀκουσάντων τιμωροῦν ται. ἐπειδὴ δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου δύο ἠρώτησαν τὸν κύριον· διὰ τί ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι νηστεύομεν, οἱ δὲ μαθηταί σου οὐ νηστεύουσιν, πρὸς μὲν αὐτοὺς τοῦ νυμφίου τὴν παραβολὴν εἶπε, πρὸς δὲ τοὺς Φαρισαίους τὴν περὶ τῶν ἀσκῶν.
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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