Matthew 5:42 (WEB)
Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
Catechism · 1
“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 · 36
Tertullian
“Who asks?” — editor's note: Matt. v. 42.
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.
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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““Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 42.
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Jerome
“Give to everyone that asks of you, but especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 42.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Carpocratis autem justitia, et eorum, qui æque atque ipse impudicam prosequuntur communionem, hoc modo dissolvitur; simul enim ac dixerit: “Te petenti des;” subjungit: “Et eum, qui velit mutuo accipere, ne averseris;” hanc docens communionem, non autem illam incestam et impudicam.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 42.
Read the whole comment“Matt. v. 42.” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“That alms are to be denied to none, also in the same place: “Give to every one that asketh thee; and from him who would wish to borrow, be not turned away.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 42.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Lord having taught that we are not to offer injury to our neighbour, or irreverence to the Lord, now proceeds to shew how the Christian should demean himself to those that injure him.
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This law, “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth,” was enacted to repress the flames of mutual hate, and to be a check on their undisciplined spirits. For who when he would take revenge, was ever content to return just so…
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For without this command, the commands of the Law could not stand. For if according to the Law we begin all of us to render evil for evil, we shall all become evil, since they that do hurt abound. But if according to…
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Thus our Lord by doing away all retaliation, cuts off the beginnings of sin. So the Law corrects faults, the Gospel removes their occasions.
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Or it may be said that the Lord said this, adding somewhat to the righteousness of the old Law.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
For the righteousness of the Pharisees is a less righteousness, not to transgress the measure of equal retribution; and this is the beginning of peace; but perfect peace is to refuse all such retribution. Between…
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The things which are done by the Saints in the New Testament profit for examples of understanding those Scriptures which are modelled into the form of precepts. Thus we read in Luke; “Whoso smiteth thee on the one…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
For the Lord was ready not only to be smitten on the other cheek for the salvation of men, but to be crucified with His whole body. It may be asked, What does the right cheek expressly signify? As the face is that…
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Or has your return blow at all restrained him from striking you again? It has rather roused him to another blow. For anger is not checked by meeting anger, but is only more irritated.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
Whence the Lord judges that others’ weakness should rather be borne with compassion, than that our own should be soothed by others’ pain. For that retribution which tends to correction is not here forbidden, for such…
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But who that is of sober mind would say to kings, It is nothing of your concern who will live religiously, or who profanely? It cannot even be said to them, that it is not their concern who will live chastely, or who…
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Therefore in this kind of injuries which are wont to rouse vengeance Christians will observe such a mean, that hate shall not be caused by the injuries they may receive, and yet wholesome correction be not foregone…
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Mystically interpreted; When we are smitten on the right cheek, He said not, offer to him thy left, but “the other;” for the righteous has not a left. That is, if a heretic has smitten us in disputation, and would…
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The other kind of injuries are those in which full restitution can be made, of which there are two kinds; one relates to money, the other to work; of the first of these it is He speaks when He continues, “Whoso will…
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For it were an unworthy thing that a believer should stand in his cause before an unbelieving judge. Or if one who is a believer, though (as he must be) a worldly man, though he should have reverenced you for the…
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The Lord here forbids his disciples to have lawsuits with others for worldly property. Yet as the Apostle allows such kind of causes to be decided between brethren, and before arbiters who are brethren, but utterly…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Matthew
There are, who are so far to be endured, as they rob us of our worldly goods; but there are whom we ought to hinder, and that without breaking the law of charity, not only that we may not be robbed of what is ours,…
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The third kind of wrongs, which is in the matter of labour, consists of both such as admit restitution, and such as do not - or with or without revenge - for he who forcibly presses a man’s service, and makes him…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
The word here used signifies to drag unjustly, without cause, and with insult.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
Let us suppose it therefore said, “Go with him other two,” that the number three might be completed; by which number perfection is signified; that whoever does this might remember that he is fulfilling perfect…
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Because wealth is not ours but God’s; God would have us stewards of His wealth, and not lords.
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If we understand this only of alms, it cannot stand with the estate of the most part of men who are poor; even the rich if they have been always giving, will not be able to continue always to give.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
Therefore, He says not, ‘Give all things to him that asks;’ but, “Give to every one that asketh;” that you should only give what you can give honestly and rightly. For what if one ask for money to employ in…
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For with more benefit is food taken from the hungry, if certainty of provision causes him to neglect righteousness, than that food should be supplied to him that he may consent to a deed of violence and wrong.
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But it may be understood of the wealth of doctrine: wealth which never fails but the more of it is given away, the more it abounds.
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That He commands, “And from him that would borrow of thee, turn not away,” must be referred to the mind; for “God loveth a cheerful giver.” [2 Cor 9:7] And every one that receives, indeed borrows, though it is not he…
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Christ bids us lend but not on usury; for he who gives on such terms does not bestow his own, but takes of another; he looses from one chain to bind with many, and gives not for God’s righteousness sake, but for his…
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Some object that this command of Christ is altogether inconsistent with civil life in Commonwealths; Who, say they, would suffer, when he could hinder it, the pillage of his estate by an enemy; or would not repay the…
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Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.