Jeremiah 12:13 (WEB)
They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns. They have exhausted themselves, and profit nothing. You will be ashamed of your fruits, because of the LORD’s fierce anger.”
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“For, if the Holy Scriptures say, “Their lots shall not profit them,” what pride in our clerical position will be able to avail us who sin not only in thought and feeling, but in speech?” — editor's note: Jer. xii. 13, LXX.
Read the whole comment“Under Christ’s banner seek for no worldly gain, lest having more than when you first became a clergyman, you hear men say, to your shame, “Their portion shall not profit them.”” — editor's note: Jer. xii. 13, LXX. There is a play on the word κλῆρος, which means (1) portion, (2) clergy.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Respecting such it is said in another place by the prophet, “They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns;” because they teach what is good, and do what is evil.” — editor's note: Jer. xii. 13.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.24.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.24.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.24.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.24.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.24.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.24.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.24.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.24.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.24.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.24.