Matthew 10:8 (WEB)
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
Catechism · 4
The Anointing of the Sick
"Heal the sick!" The Church has received this charge from the Lord and strives to carry it out by taking care of the sick as well as by accompanying them with her prayer of intercession.
The Sacrament of Matrimony
“This consent that binds the spouses to each other finds its fulfillment in the two "becoming one flesh."” — Catechism footnote: Gen 2:24; cf. Mt 10:8; Eph 5:31.
The First Commandment
“Peter thus held to the words of Jesus: "You received without pay, give without pay."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 10:8; cf. already Isa 55:1.
The Seventh Commandment
“God blesses those who come to the aid of the poor and rebukes those who turn away from them: "Give to him who begs from you, do not refuse him who would borrow from you"; "you received without pay, give without pay."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 5:42; 10:8.
Fathers and councils · 52
Irenaeus of Lyons
“For these doctrines are not at all similar to those of which our Lord said, “Freely ye have received, freely give.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 8.
Read the whole comment“For as she has received freely from God, freely also does she minister [to others].” — editor's note: Matt. x. 8.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“I, he says, have fulfilled the bidding of Him who said to me, Freely ye have received, freely give; but thou hast sold this grace; receive now the condition of the sale.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 8.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“For as she has received freely from God, freely also does she minister.”” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. x. 8
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Ambrose of Milan
“For He said: “Ye shall do greater things than these.”” — editor's note: S. John xiv. 12; S. Matt. x. 8.
Read the whole comment“…as it is written, one soul and one heart: if every one that cleaveth to the Lord is one spirit, as the Apostle hath said: if a man and his wife are one flesh: if all we mortal men are, so far as regards our general nature, of one substance: if this is what the Scripture saith of created men, that, being many, they…” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24; S. Matt. x. 8.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XV.1Conference XV
“…accordance with the authority of the Lord Who says: “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. x. 8.
Read the whole comment “Let us hear God Himself speaking to His disciples: “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. x. 8.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
“But because the Saviour had given the Apostles power to cast out evil spirits, (Matt. 10:8.) they thought no one else but themselves alone was permitted to have this privilege granted to him, and therefore they come to enquire if it were lawful for others also to do this.” — the author cites it
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Gregory the Great
“And where is that which is written, Freely ye have received, freely give (Matth. x. 8)?” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And where then is that which is written, Freely ye have received; freely give (Matth. x. 8)?” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And where is that which is written, Freely ye have received; freely give (Matth. x. 8)?” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For we do not buy the timber which we send; and how can we accept a price, when it is written, Freely ye have received, freely give (Matth. x. 8)?” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And, while attention is not paid to what is enjoined by the divine voice, Freely ye have received, freely give (Matth. x. 8), it is brought to pass that it increases, and becomes doubled in one and the same contagion of sin, to wit of the buyer and of the seller.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
Chapter 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“Possess not gold nor silver nor money in your purses, neither scrip on your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, neither staff: for the workman is worthy of his meat.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 7–10
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John Chrysostom
“But when He was sending them, the Scripture said not, that “He gave to them the Holy Ghost,” but that He gave to them “power,” saying, “Cleanse the lepers, cast out devils, raise the dead, freely ye have received, freely give.” ( Matt. x. 1, 8.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 8. “Raise the dead,” is added in our copies. [There is some authority for omitting this clause in the New Testament, but recent critical editors…
Read the whole comment“Matt. X. 7, 8, 9.” — the author cites it
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And He himself it is who saith to His disciples and to all who believe on Him, ‘Heal the sick, cast out demons; freely ye have received, freely give.’” — editor's note: Matt. x. 8.
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Tertullian
“And so it will be becoming for ‘the sons of God’ too to be ‘pitiful-hearted’ and ‘peacemakers;’ ‘giving in their turn just as Christ withal hath given to us;’ ‘not judging, that we be not judged.’” — editor's note: Comp. Matt. x. 8; but the reference seems to be to Eph. iv. 32, where the Vulgate reads almost as Tertullian does, “donantes invicem, sicut et Deus in Christo…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“This is why devils were cast out, and diseases healed, and the mighty preaching was entrusted to, and successfully proclaimed by men of low estate.” — editor's note: S. Matt. x. 7, 8.
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Aphrahat
“For this thing that thou hast asked of me shall be freely granted, for freely it was received.” — editor's note: S. Matt x. 8.
Read the whole comment“They that receive freely let them give freely as they have received.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 8.
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Jerome
“He afterwards offered the saint gifts without end, but the saint replied to him in the words of the Saviour to his disciples: “Freely ye received, freely give.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 8.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the Gospel: “Freely ye have received, freely give.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 8.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
Because the manifestation of the Spirit, as the Apostle speaks, is given for the profit of the Church, after bestowing His power on the Apostles, He sends them that they may exercise this power for the good of…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Observe the propriety of the time in which they are sent. After they had seen the dead raised, the sea rebuked, and other like wonders, and had both in word and deed sufficient proof of His excellent power, then He…
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
When He sends them, He teaches them whither they should go, what they should preach, and what they should do. And first, whither they should go; “Giving them commandment, and saying, Go ye not into the way of the…
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
This passage does not contradict the command which He gave afterwards, “Go and teach all nations;” for this was before His resurrection, that was after. And it behoved the coming of Christ to be preached to the Jews…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Also they were sent to the Jews first, in order that being trained in Judaea, as in a palaestra, they might enter on the arena of the world to contend; thus He taught them like weak nestlings to fly.
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or He would be first preached to Judaea and afterwards to the Gentiles, in order that the preaching of the Redeemer should seem to seek out foreign lands only because it had been rejected in His own. There were also…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
The promulgation of the Law deserved also the first preaching of the Gospel; and Israel was to have less excuse for its crime, as it had experienced more care in being warned.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Also that they should not suppose that they were hated of Christ because they had reviled Him, and branded Him as daemoniac, He sought first their cure, and withholding His disciples from all other nations, He sent…
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The Samaritans were Gentiles who had been settled in the land of Israel by the king of Assyria after the captivity which he made. They had been driven by many terrors to turn to Judaism, and had received circumcision…
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From these then He diverts his disciples, and sends them to the children of Israel, whom He calls “perishing” sheep, not straying; in every way contriving an apology for them, and drawing them to Himself.
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
Though they are here called sheep, yet they raged against Christ with the tongues and throats of wolves and vipers.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
Figuratively, herein we who bear the name of Christ are commanded not to walk in the way of the Gentiles, or the error of the heretics, but as we are separate in religion, that we be also separate in our life.
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
Having told them to whom they should go, He now introduces what they should preach; “Go and preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Read the whole comment - Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
The kingdom of heaven is here said to draw nigh by the faith in the unseen Creator which is bestowed upon us, not by any movement of the visible elements. The saints are rightly denoted by the heavens, because they…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Behold the greatness of their ministry, behold the dignity of the Apostles. They are not to preach of any thing that can be an object of sense, as Moses and the Prophets did; but things new and unlooked for; those…
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Miracles also were granted to the holy preachers, that the power they should shew might be a pledge of the truth of their words, and they who preached new things should also do new things; wherefore it follows, “Heal…
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Lest peasants untaught and illiterate, without the graces of speech, should obtain credit with none when they announced the kingdom of heaven, He gives them power to do the things above mentioned, that the greatness…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
The exercise of the Lord’s power is wholly entrusted to the Apostles, that they who were formed in the image of Adam, and the likeness of God, should now obtain the perfect image of Christ; and whatever evil Satan…
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These signs were necessary in the beginning of the Church; the faith of the believers must be fed with miracles, that it might grow.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
But afterwards they ceased when a reverence for the faith was universally established. Or, if they were continued at all, they were few and seldom; for it is usual with God to do such things when evil is increased,…
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The Holy Church daily doth spiritually, what it then did materially by the Apostles; yea, things far greater, inasmuch as she raises and cures souls and not bodies.
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“The sick” are the slothful who have not strength to live well; “the lepers” are the unclean in sin and carnal delights; the daemoniacs are they that are given up under the power of the Devil.
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And because spiritual gifts are more lightly esteemed, when money is made the means of obtaining them, He adds a condemnation of avarice; “Freely ye have received, freely give;” I your Master and Lord have imparted…
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
This He says, that Judas who had the bag might not use the above power for getting money; a plain condemnation of the abomination of the simoniacal heresy.
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For He knew before that there would be some that would turn the gift of the Spirit which they had received into merchandize, and pervert the power of miracles into an instrument of their covetousness.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Observe how He is as careful that they should be upright in moral virtue, as that they should have the miraculous powers, shewing that miracles without these are nought. “Freely ye have received,” seems a check upon…
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Cross-references · 50
Cited together in Catechism §2443.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.32.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.8.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion and 1 other place.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII V.26 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XV.1.
Cited together in Catechism §2443.
Cited together in Catechism §2443.
Cited together in Catechism §2443.
Cited together in Catechism §2443.
Cited together in Catechism §2443.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.8 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §2443.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XV.1.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:46–50 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:46–50 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:46–50 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:46–50 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:46–50 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §1509.
Cited together in Catechism §1509.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.8.
Cited together in Life of Antony §36.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.32.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.101.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.8.
Cited together in Catechism §1509.
Cited together in Catechism §1627.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.4.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.45.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.101.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.101.
Cited together in Catechism §1627.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XV.1.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XV.1.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.8.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII V.31.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.8.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.45.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.45.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.45.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.101.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.8.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.8 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.32.
Cited together in Catechism §2443.