Luke 6:46 (WEB)
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?
Fathers and councils · 22
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And, “Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 46.
Read the whole comment“…of God, neither are adorned with works of righteousness; to whom also the Lord says, “Why call ye Me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say to you?”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 46.
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Augustine of Hippo
“If it is servants that He bids, and the Lord that bids, let us beware; lest we hear, “Why say ye to Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”” — editor's note: Matt. vii. 21; Luke vi. 46.
Read the whole comment“For, to let us know that it is the duty of servants to yield obedience to their master’s commands, He actually in another place reproaches those who are servants, by saying, “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say?”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 46.
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Tertullian
“This being the case, who will He clearly be that said, “Why callest thou me Lord, Lord?”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 46.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Why call ye me Lord, Lord,” He says, “and do not the things which I say?”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 46.
Read the whole comment“He who said, “Why do you call Me Lord, and do not the will of My Father?”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 46, combined with Matt. vii. 21.
Read the whole comment“To such the Lord says, “Why will ye call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 46.
Read the whole comment“And “Why call ye Me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 46.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Lest any one should vainly flatter himself with the words, Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, as if words only and not rather works were required of a Christian, our Lord adds the following, But…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But Lordship both in name and reality belongs only to the Highest Nature.
Read the whole comment - Athanasius of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
This is not then the word of man, but the Word of God, manifesting His own birth from the Father, for He is the Lord Who is born of the Lord alone. But fear not the duality of Persons, for they are not separate in…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But the advantage which arises from the keeping of the commandments, or the loss from disobedience, he shews as follows; Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, he is like to a man who built his house upon a…
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The rock is Christ. He digs deep; by the precepts of humility He plucks out all earthly things from the hearts of the faithful, lest they should serve God from regard to their temporal good.
Read the whole comment - Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
But lay your foundations upon a rock, that is, lean upon the faith of Christ, so as to persevere immoveable in adversity, whether it come from man or God.
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Or the foundation of the house is the resolution to live a good life, which the perfect hearer firmly lays in fulfilling the commandments of God.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Or, He teaches that the obedience to heavenly precepts is the foundation of all virtue, by means of which this our house can be moved neither by the torrent of pleasures, nor by the violence of spiritual wickedness,…
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A flood comes in three ways, either by unclean spirits, or wicked men, or the very restlessness of mind or body; and as far as men trust in their own strength they fall away, but as long as they cling to the…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
The Lord also shews us that faith profiteth a man nothing, if his manner of life be corrupt. Hence it follows, But he that heareth and doeth not, is like a man, that without a foundation, built an house upon the…
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The house of the devil is the world which lieth in wickedness, (1 John 5:19.) which he builds upon the earth, because those who obey him he drags down from heaven to earth; he builds without foundation, for sin has…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Or they build upon the earth without foundation, who upon the quicksand of doubt, which relates to opinion, lay the foundation of their spiritual building, which a few drops of temptation wash away.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
Now this long discourse of our Lord, Luke begins in the same way as Matthew; for each says, Blessed are the poor. Then many things which follow in the narration of each are like, and finally the conclusion of the…
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.16.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.16.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 6:46–49 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.18.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.16.