Luke 6:30 (WEB)
Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.
Fathers and councils · 31
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…says, “give to him thy cloak also; and from him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again; and as ye would that men should do unto you, do ye unto them:” so that we may not grieve as those who are unwilling to be defrauded, but may rejoice as those who have given willingly, and as rather conferring a favour upon…” — editor's note: Luke vi. 29–31.
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Augustine of Hippo
“13. …Just now has been read, “Give to every one that asketh of thee;” and in another place Scripture saith, “Let alms sweat in thy hand, till thou findest a righteous man to whom to give it.”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 30.
Read the whole comment“…to be avenged, let him give his “cheek to the smiter,” let him pray for his enemies; if any “one have taken away his goods,” let “him not ask for them again;” if he “have taken anything from any man, let him restore fourfold.”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 30.
Read the whole comment“Thus bringing us back to our Lord’s saying, “If any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also;” and again, “Of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 30
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John Chrysostom
““Give to every one that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.” ( Matt. v. 42.)” — editor's note: [St. Chrys. here supplies πάντι, equals “every one,” from the parallel place in Luke vi. 30 , though the form of quotation is from Matt. v. 42.—F.G.]
Read the whole comment“Let us not therefore fall away into cruelty, but let us listen to Paul, saying, “Be not weary in well doing;” let us listen to the Lord, who saith, “Give to every man that asketh of thee,”and, “Be ye merciful as your Father.”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 30.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“But in obedience to the commandment of the Lord, “Give to every man that asketh of thee,” I am constrained briefly to reply.” — editor's note: Luke vi. 30
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Tertullian
““Give to every one who beggeth thee,” has a reference of its own, appertaining especially to almsgiving.” — editor's note: Luke vi. 30. [See note 4, p. 676.]
Read the whole comment“And they, plainly, will give husbands and wives as they would morsels of bread; for this is their rendering of “To every one who asketh thee thou shalt give!”” — editor's note: See Matt. v. 42; Luke vi. 30. Comp. de Bapt., c. xviii.
Read the whole comment““Give to every one that asketh of thee”—to the indigent of course, or rather to the indigent more especially, although to the affluent likewise.” — editor's note: Luke vi. 30.
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Gregory the Great
“Lest they should give nothing at all to those on whom they ought to bestow something, let them hear what is written, Give to every man that asketh of thee (Luke vi. 30).” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“Dicunt itaque ex iis quemdam, cum ad hostram virginem vultu formosam accessisset, dixisse: Scriptum est: “Da omni te petenti:” illam autem honeste admodum respondisse, ut quse non intelligeret hominis petulantiam: At tu matrem conveni de matrimonio.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 24; Luke vi. 30.
Read the whole comment“But better than this is the saying spoken by the Lord in another place, “Give to every one that asketh thee.”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 30.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Having spoken above of what they might suffer from their enemies, He now points out how they ought to conduct themselves towards their enemies, saying, But I say to you who hear.
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Having proceeded in the enumeration of many heavenly actions, He not unwisely comes to this place last, that He might teach the people confirmed by the divine miracles to march onward in the footsteps of virtue…
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It is indeed the part of an enemy to injure and be treacherous. Every one then who does harm in any way to any one is called his enemy.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But this way of life was well adapted to the holy teachers who were about to preach throughout the earth the word of salvation, and if it had been their will to take vengeance upon their persecutors, had failed to…
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But He says not, Do not hate, but love; nor did He merely command to love, but also to do good, as it follows, Do good to them which hate you.
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But because man consists of body and soul, to the soul indeed we shall do this good, by reproving and admonishing such men, and leading them by the hand to conversion; but to the body, by profiting them in the…
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For they who pierce their own souls deserve tears and weeping, not curses. For nothing is more hateful than a cursing heart, or more foul than a tongue which utters curses. O man, spit not forth the poison of asps,…
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But the question is fairly raised, how it is that in the prophets are to be found many curses against their enemies. Upon which we must observe, that the prophets in the imprecations they uttered foretold the future,…
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Now the old law commanded us not to injure one another; or if we are first injured, not to extend our wrath beyond the measure of the injurer, but the fulfilling of the law is in Christ and in His commands. Hence it…
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For physicians also, when they are attacked by madmen, have then most compassion on them, and exert themselves to restore them. Have thou also a like consideration towards thy persecutors; for it is they who are…
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But we almost all of us offend against this command, and especially the powerful and rulers, not only if they have suffered insult, but if respect is not paid them, accounting all those their enemies who treat them…
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But the Lord would moreover have us to be despisers of property. As it follows, And him that taketh away thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also. For this is the soul’s virtue, which is altogether alien from…
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Now He said not, Bear humbly the rule of thy persecutor, but, Go on wisely, and prepare thyself to suffer what he desires thee to do; overcoming his insolence by thy great prudence, that he may depart with shame at…
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He says not, To him that seeketh give all things, but give what you justly and honestly can, that is, what as far as man can know or believe, neither hurts you, nor another: and if thou hast justly refused any one,…
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Herein however we do not lightly err, when not only we give not to those who seek, but also blame them? Why (you say) does he not work, why is the idle man fed? Tell me, dost thou then possess by labour? but still if…
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Every thing we have we receive from God. But when we speak of “mine and thine,” they are only bare words. For if you assert a house to be yours, you have uttered an expression which wants the substance of reality.…
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He says this of garments, houses, farms, beasts of burdens, and generally of all property. But a Christian ought not to possess a slave as he does a horse or money. If a slave is more honourably governed by thee than…
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Now we have a natural law implanted in us, by which we distinguish between what is virtue, and what is vice. Hence it follows, And as ye would that men should do unto you, do ye also to them. He does not say,…
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Cross-references · 21
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Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 78.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 78.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 78.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in Letters Letter 145.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in Letters Letter 145.
Cited together in Letters Letter 145.
Cited together in Letters Letter 145.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.