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Matthew 17:20
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“If you have faith as a mustard seed” (Matthew 17:20 ) — that is, hot and boiling, or faith likened to the tiny grain because of smallness in word. For “we have the treasure” (2 Corinthians 4:7 ) of faith “in earthen vessels.”
Greek Εἰ ἔχετε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως τοῦτ' ἔστιν θερμήν τε καὶ ζέουσαν ἤτοι τὴν τῷ βραχεῖ κόκκῳ παρεικασμένην διὰ τὸ ἐν λόγῳ μικροπρεπές. "ἔχομεν" γὰρ "ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν τὸν" τῆς πίστεως "θησαυρόν".
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About this text Cyril of Alexandria died in 444 — later than the first three centuries of the church.
Cyril of Alexandria's short notes on Matthew's Gospel, kept in later chains of comments, in the order of Matthew's chapters and verses.
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