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Matthew 6:21
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What a person has set before himself, that he also thinks and works at most readily, and strives to set it right. This is found more clearly of the heart when he leads the saying from intelligible things out to sensible ones (Matthew 6:21 ).
Greek Ὃ προέθετό τις, τοῦτο καὶ νοεῖ καὶ ἐργάζεται ἑτοιμότατα καὶ κατορθοῦν σπουδάζει· ὅπερ τῆς καρδίας εὑρίσκεται σαφέστερον ἀπὸ τῶν νοητῶν ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσθητὰ ἐξάγων τὸν λόγον καὶ λέγων.
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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.
English follows the named base text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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