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The Clementine Homilies

Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter 56

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter LVI.—Teaching of Christ.

“And to those who think that He is not good,

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as

the

Scriptures

say

,

He

said

,

‘

From

which

of

you

shall

his

son

ask

bread

,

and

he

will

give

him

a

stone

;

or

shall

ask

a

fish

,

and

he

will

give

him

a

serpent

?

If

ye

then

,

being

evil

,

know

to

give

good

gifts

to

your

children

,

how

much

more

shall

your

heavenly

Father

give

good

things

to

those

who

ask

Him

,

and

to

those

who

do

His

will

!

’

But

to

those

who

affirmed

that

He

was

in

the

temple

,

He

said

,

‘

Swear

not

by

heaven

,

for

it

is

God’s

throne

;

nor

by

the

earth

,

for

it

is

the

footstool

of

His

feet

.

’

And

to

those

who

supposed

that

God

is

pleased

with

sacrifices

,

He

said

,

‘

God

wishes

mercy

,

and

not

sacrifices

’

—

the

knowledge

of

Himself

,

and

not

holocausts

.

Notes

1
Matt. vii. 9–11.
2
Matt. v. 34, 35.
3
Matt. ix. 13; xii. 7. [Comp. Hos. vi. 6.—R.]