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Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini

Catena Aurea on Matthew 4:8–11: Pseudo-Chrysostom

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

CommentPseudo-ChrysostomPublic domainMatthew 4:8–11

But such things as are gotten by iniquity in this world, as riches, for instance, gained by fraud or perjury, these the Devil bestows. The Devil therefore cannot give riches to whom he will, but to those only who are willing to receive them of him.

Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).

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