Matthew 23:14 (WEB)
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
Fathers and councils · 9
Ambrose of Milan
“This the ruler of the synagogue did, and the other rulers of the Jews; for they employed, the words of the Lord, which had been entrusted to them, on the ground as it were of their bodies; and, delighting in the pleasures of the flesh, sunk the heavenly trust as though into the pit of an overweening heart.” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxiii. 14 ff.
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John Chrysostom
“Matt. XXIII. 14.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Next the Lord rebukes them for their g1uttony, and what was the worst, that not from the rich but from widows they took wherewith to fill their bellies, thus burdening the poverty of those whom they should have relieved.
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“Devour widows’ houses,” that is, your superstitions have this only aim, namely, to make a gain of the people that are put under you.
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The female sex is imprudent, as not contemplating with reason all that it sees or hears; and weak, as being easily turned either from bad to good, or from good to bad. The male sex is more prudent and hardy. And…
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The manner of this plundering is grievous, for they make long prayers. Every one who does evil deserves punishment; but be who takes occasion for his offence from religion, deserves more severe punishment; “Therefore…
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First, for that ye are wicked, and then because ye put on the cloak of sanctity. Your covetousness you dress up in the colour of religion, and use God’s arms in the Devil’s service, that iniquity may be loved while…
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Or, because their observance of the kingdom of heaven proceeds hence, that they may keep up their practice of going about to widows’ houses, they shall therefore receive the heavier judgment, as having their own sin…
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Or, because “the servant that knew his Lords will and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes.” [Luke 12:47]
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 23:14 (2) (Catena Aurea).