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Matthew 6:24
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The un-money-loving manner is a good master; the one who loves money is a base one. So one must cling to the one. It is not possible to please both, for they are different and opposite habits (Matthew 6:24 ).
Greek Ἀγαθὸς δεσπότης ὁ ἀφιλάργυρος τρόπος, φαῦλος δὲ ὁ ἐρῶν χρη μάτων. διὸ τῷ ἑνὶ προσθετέον· οὐ γὰρ δυνατὸν τοῖς δυσὶν ἀρέσαι δια φόρου καὶ ἐναντίας οὖσιν ἕξεως.
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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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