Luke 12:15 (WEB)
He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
Fathers and councils · 13
Augustine of Hippo
“Therefore neither fraud nor robbery covet ye any longer, nor on those things which ye have set your hope: I have admonished, have foretold, saith this Idithun.” — editor's note: Luke xii. 15. St. Augustin, habet.
Read the whole comment“On the words of the Gospel, Luke xii. 15, “And he said unto them, take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness.”” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“Numberless are the instances in Scripture which teach men to “Beware of covetousness.”” — editor's note: Luke xii. 15.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And what shall I say of his wealth, when thou readest: “For a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth”?” — editor's note: S. Luke xii. 15.
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Tertullian
“Chapter XXVIII.—Examples from the Old Testament, Balaam, Moses, and Hezekiah, to Show How Completely the Instruction and Conduct of Christ Are in Keeping with the Will and Purpose of the Creator.” — editor's note: As narrated by St. Luke xii. 1–21.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
The whole of the former passage is given to prepare us for undergoing suffering for confessing the Lord, or for contempt of death, or for the hope of reward, or for denunciation of the punishment that will await him…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
As these two brothers were contending concerning the division of their paternal inheritance, it follows, that one meant to defraud the other; but our Lord teaches us that we ought not to be set on earthly things, and…
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He who wills to impose the trouble of division of lands upon the Master who is commending the joys of heavenly peace, is rightly called man, according to that, whereas there is envying, strife, and divisions among…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Now the Son of God, when He was made like unto us, was appointed by God the Father to be King and Prince upon his holy Mount of Sion, to make known the Divine command.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Well then does He avoid earthly things who had descended for the sake of divine things, and deigns not to be a judge of strifes and arbiter of laws, having the judgment of the quick and dead and the recompensing of…
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He takes occasion from this foolish petitioner to fortify both the multitudes and His disciples alike by precept and example against the plague of covetousness. Whence it follows, He said to them, Take heed, and…
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Or he says, of all covetousness, that is, great and little. For covetousness is unprofitable, as the Lord says, Ye shall build houses of hewn stone, and shall not dwell in them. (Amos 5:11, Isa. 5:10.) And elsewhere,…
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This our Lord says to rebuke the motives of the covetous, who seem to heap up riches as if they were going to live for a long time. But will wealth ever make thee long lived? Why then dost thou manifestly undergo…
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Bede on Luke 12:13–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.12.
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 12:13–15 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 12:13–15 (2) (Catena Aurea).