Matthew 10:25 (WEB)
It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
Catechism · 1
“The Twelve and the other disciples share in Christ's mission and his power, but also in his lot.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 6:7; Lk 10:1-2; Mt 10:25; Jn 15:20.
Fathers and councils · 27
Irenaeus of Lyons
“For “He came to divide a man against his father, and the daughter against the mother, and the daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law;” and when two are in one bed, to take the one, and to leave the other; and of two women grinding at the mill, to take one and leave the other: [also] at the…” — editor's note: Matt. x. 25.
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Jerome
“Matt. x. 22–34.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Our Blæsilla will laugh at their efforts, and will bear with patience the taunts of all such croaking frogs, for she will remember that men called her Lord, Beelzebub.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 25.
Read the whole comment““The disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his lord.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 24, 25.
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Gregory the Great
“And for our consolation He deigned to adduce as an example His own reproaches, saying, If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household (Ibid. x. 25).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“If the Master of the family they have called Beelzebub, how much more them of His household?”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 24, 25.
Read the whole comment“The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 25, 24.
Read the whole commentChapter XXX.—Of the Section Where It is Recorded, that Being Moved with Compassion for the Multitudes, He Sent His Disciples, Giving Them Power to Work Cures, and Charged Them with Many Instructions, Directing Them…
Read the whole comment“…because He says of Himself in another passage, “If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of His household!” or whether, inasmuch as they had spoken from great envy, being ungrateful for so manifest benefits, although they were not yet Christians, they are, from the…” — editor's note: Matt. x. 25.
Read the whole comment“Whereupon in order to comfort the sick, He saith, “If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of His household?”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 25.
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John Chrysostom
“2 ) “Looking” (he says) “unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith”; The very thing which Christ Himself also continually said to His disciples, “If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of His household?” ( Matt. x. 25.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For they indeed were comforted by the suffering for Christ; and this medicine was so sufficient daily to relieve them, that the Lord puts it everywhere, saying, “for me, for my sake,” and, “If they call me, the master of the house, Beelzebub.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 25.
Read the whole comment“Fear them not therefore.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 24–26.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore He said, “If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, much more shall they call them of His household.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 25.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
““If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of His household.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 25
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Clement of Alexandria
“…do not choose; and we are not as the Lord, since we wish, but cannot be: “for no disciple is above his master, and it is sufficient if we be as the master:” not in essence (for it is impossible for that, which is by adoption, to be equal in substance to that, which is by nature); but [we are as Him] only in our…” — editor's note: Matt. x. 24, 25; Luke vi. 40.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Of which members of the household it is said in the Gospel: “If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much rather them of his household!”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 25.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Because it should come to pass that His disciples among their other persecutions should suffer loss of character, which to many is the most grievous of all calamities, He consoles them from His own example, and those…
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For the Lord, the Light eternal, the Captain of the faithful, the Parent of immortality, set before His disciples this solace of the sufferings that should come upon them, that we should embrace it as our glory when…
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Understand, so long as he is a disciple or servant, he is not above his master or lord by the nature of honour. And do not here object to me such cases as rarely happen, but receive this according to the common…
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He calls Himself master and lord; by disciple and servant He denotes His Apostles.
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
As much as to say, Be not indignant that ye suffer things, which I also suffer, because I am your lord, who do what I will, and your master, who teach you what I know to be profitable for you.
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And because this sentence seemed not to agree with the foregoing words, He shews what they mean by adding, “If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more they of his household?”
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He said not here, ‘slaves,’ but “those of his household,” to shew how dear they were to Him; as elsewhere He said, “I will not call you slaves, but my friends.” [John 15:15]
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As much as to say, Ye therefore will not seek worldly honours and human glory, while you see me pursuing the redemption of mankind through mocking and contumely.
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And He says not only, If they have reviled the master of the house, but expresses the very words of railing, for they had called Him Beelzebub.
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Beelzebub is the idol of Accaron who is called in the book of Kings, the God of flies; [2 Ki 1:3] ‘Bel,’ signifying, “idol;” ‘zebub,’ a “fly”. The Prince of the daemons He calls by the name of the foulest of idols,…
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Cross-references · 23
Cited together in Against Heresies V.27.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.27.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.17.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.27.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.27.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.27.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.27.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.27.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.76.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in Catechism §765.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 10:24–25 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.17.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.76.