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Matt. 12:5 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

I have shown that all the disciples of the Lord are Levites and priests, they who used in the temple to profane the Sabbath, but are blameless.[313]

Matt. 12:5 - NIV, NAB - in Victorinus On the Creation of the World

And in Matthew we read, that it is written Isaiah also and the rest of his colleagues broke the Sabbath[13]

Matt. 12:6 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

2. He declares: "For in this place is One greater than the temple."[107]

Matt. 12:7 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

Besides, our Lord also exhorted them to the same effect, when He said, "But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless."[231]

Matt. 12:7 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV

" And mercy is not, as some of the philosophers have imagined, pain on account of others' calamities, but rather something good, as the prophets say. For it is said, "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice."[51]

Matt. 12:7 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

but even to sacrifice.[1105]

Matt. 12:7 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

which He holds `dearer than all sacrifice, '[17]

Matt. 12:7 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement I

And all this was arranged with this view, that when the fitting time should come, and they should learn by means of the Prophet that God desires mercy and not sacrifice,[28]

Matt. 12:7 - NIV, NAB - in Clementine Homily III

And to those who supposed that God is pleased with sacrifices, He said, `God wishes mercy, and not sacrifices'[61]

Matt. 12:8 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ

and "The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath-day."[212]

Matt. 12:8 - NIV, NAB - in Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

for He was Himself also Lord of the Sabbath.[476]

Matt. 12:8 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV

so he who, casting oat his former wife, takes in due season "a wife of fornication," having done it according to the command of Him who says, when it is necessary, and so long as it was necessary, "He shall not take a harlot to wife," and, when it was reasonable, He says, "Take to yourself a wife of fornication." For as the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath,[171]

Matt. 12:15 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI

And again in another place, as the multitudes stood in need of healing, it is said, "Many multitudes followed Him and He healed them."[31]

Matt. 12:17 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on John Book I

" That it is Christ about whom such prophecies are made, Matthew shows in his Gospel, where he quotes from memory and says:[113]

Matt. 12:18 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

and in His name shall the Gentiles trust."[140]

Matt. 12:18 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

3. Do you wish then to know in what manner the Word of God, who was again the Son of God,[17]

Matt. 12:19 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian An Answer to the Jews

If He "neither did contend nor shout, nor was His voice heard abroad," who "crushed not the bruised reed"-Israel's faith, who "quenched not the burning flax"[184]

Matt. 12:19 - NIV, NAB - in Acts and Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Andrew

For my Lord, when He was betrayed, endured it with all patience; He did not strive, He did not cry out, nor in the streets did any one hear Him crying out.[12]

Matt. 12:21 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

and sometimes as about to hope and "trust in the name"[462]

Matt. 12:24 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Against Celsus Book II

He, indeed, manifested Himself among the Jews as the power of God, by the miracles which He performed, which Celsus suspected were accomplished by sorcery, but which by the Jews of that time were attributed I know not why, to Beelzebub, in the words "He casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the prince of the devils."[36]

Matt. 12:24 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

And I conjecture that they suspected that the signs upon earth might possibly not be of God; for they did not hesitate indeed to say, "Jesus casts out demons by Beelzebub the prince of the demons; "[7]

Matt. 12:25 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

For that the kingdom must be divided, and thus come to ruin, the Lord [declares when He] says: "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand."[229]

Matt. 12:25 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement II

But if you differ and disagree with yourself, how shall you stand? He must of necessity fall who is divided in himself; `for every kingdom divided against itself shall not stand.'[27]

Matt. 12:26 - NIV, NAB - in Clementine Homily XIX

And I know that He has said somewhere else. `If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then is his kingdom to stand? '[4]

Matt. 12:27 - NIV, NAB - in Methodius Oration on the Psalms

and to no purpose dissent from your children, then shall they be your judges[41]

Matt. 12:29 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

But also, when He spoke of the devil as strong, not absolutely so, but as in comparison with us, the Lord showed Himself under every aspect and truly to be the strong man, saying that one can in no other way "spoil the goods of a strong man, if he do not first bind the strong man himself, and then he will spoil his house."[61]

Matt. 12:29 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

and through obedience doing away with disobedience completely: for He bound the strong man,[352]

Matt. 12:29 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

But inasmuch as God is invincible and long-suffering, He did indeed show Himself to be long-suffering in the matter of the correction of man and the probation of all, as I have already observed; and by means of the second man did He bind the strong man, and spoiled his goods,[449]

Matt. 12:29 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

For when Satan is bound, man is set free; since "none can enter a strong man's house and spoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong man himself."[191]

Matt. 12:29 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise IV On the Lord's Prayer

This is the first commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."[77]

Matt. 12:29 - NIV, NAB - in Methodius Oration on the Psalms

Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord: God against the devil; not manifestly in His might, which cannot be looked on, but in the weakness of the flesh, to bind the strong man[45]

Matt. 12:29 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII

Thou, who hast bound the strong man, and spoiled all that was in his house, who hast given us power over serpents and scorpions to tread upon them, and upon all the power of the enemy;[58]

Matt. 12:30 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise I On the Unity of the Church

The Lord warns, saying, "He who is not with me is against me, and he who gathereth not with me scattereth."[20]

Matt. 12:30 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Also in the Gospel according to Matthew: "He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth."[747]

Matt. 12:30 - NIV, NAB - in Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian

said: Since our Lord Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me; "[34]

Matt. 12:30 - NIV, NAB - in Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian

said: Are heretics Christians or not? If they are Christians, why are they not in the Church of God? If they are not Christians, how come they to make Christians? Or whither will tend the Lord's discourse, when He says, "He that is not with me is against me, and he who gathereth not with me scattereth? "[50]

Matt. 12:30 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II

For this is His will in Christ, that those who are saved by Him may be many; but that you do not occasion any loss or diminution to Him, nor to the Church, or lessen the number by one soul of man, as destroyed by you, which might have been saved by repentance; and which therefore perishes not only by its own sin, but also by your treachery besides, whereby you fulfil that which is written, "He that gathereth not with me, scattereth."[248]

Matt. 12:30 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II

For it is not only spoken concerning the priests, but let every one of the laity hearken to it as concerning himself, considering that it is said by the Lord: "He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad."[258]

Matt. 12:31 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

he speaks expressly of prophetical gifts, and recognises men and women prophesying in the Church. Sinning, therefore, in all these particulars, against the Spirit of God,[158]

Matt. 12:31 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Vision Second

then shall they be forgiven all the sins which in former times they committed, and forgiveness will be granted to all the saints who have sinned even to the present day, if they repent with all their heart, and drive all doubts from their minds.[9]

Matt. 12:31 - NIV, NAB - in Theognostus of Alexandria From His Seven Books of Hypotyposes

unes with the perfected, and yet we could never say on that account that the teaching of the Spirit is superior to the teaching of the Son, but only that the Son condescends to the imperfect, while the Spirit is the seal of the perfected; even so it is not on account of the superiority of the Spirit over the Son that the blasphemy against the Spirit is a sin excluding impunity and pardon, but because for the imperfect there is pardon, while for those who have tasted the heavenly gift,[13]

Matt. 12:31 - NIV, NAB - in Didache

ye shall neither try nor judge; for every sin shall be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven.[108]

Matt. 12:32 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

Moreover, if the crime of Hymenaeus and Alexander-blasphemy, to wit-is irremissible in this and in the future. age,[134]

Matt. 12:32 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book I

Who, then, is not amazed at the exceeding majesty of the Holy Spirit, when he hears that he who speaks a word against the Son of man may hope for forgiveness; but that he who is guilty of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit has not forgiveness, either in the present world or in that which is to come![62]

Matt. 12:32 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

In the Gospel according to Matthew: "Whosoever shall say a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world nor in the world to come."[555]

Matt. 12:32 - NIV, NAB - in Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

But if a man dealt thus with the Holy Spirit, He made him subject to two curses,-namely, to that of the law of Moses, and to that of His own law; to the law of Moses in truth in this present life, but to His own law at the time of the judgment: for His word is this: "It shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come."[284]

Matt. 12:32 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VI

, "to whom forgiveness shall not be granted, neither in this world nor in that which is to come; "[91]

Matt. 12:32 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on John Book II

But on further thought one may perhaps see reason to consider that the Son is second beside the Father, He being the same as the Father, while manifestly a distinction is drawn between the Spirit and the Son in the passage,[23]

Matt. 12:33 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

nor does he that possesses love hate any one. The tree is made manifest by its fruit;[100]

Matt. 12:33 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

Those that profess themselves to be Christ's are known not only by what they say, but by what they practise. "For the tree is known by its fruit."[105]

Matt. 12:33 - NIV, NAB - in The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity

" For virginity of such a kind is impure, and disowned by all good works. For "every tree whatsoever is known from its fruits."[19]

Matt. 12:33 - NIV, NAB - in Apollonius

For the fruits of the prophet must needs be brought to the test: for "from its fruit is the tree known."[8]

Matt. 12:34 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?

The Lord acknowledges a twofold treasure,-the good: "For the good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good; " and the evil: for "the evil man, out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil: for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."[18]

Matt. 12:34 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Epistle LIV

A good man out of the good treasure bringeth forth good things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things."[11]

Matt. 12:34 - NIV, NAB - in Clementine Homily XIX

For thus said our Teacher, who always spoke the truth: `Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.'[20]

Matt. 12:35 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book II

And in this way also is to be understood the declaration, "A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things; and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things."[69]

Matt. 12:36 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II

It really seems to me, that, with a view to such opinions, the Lord expressed Himself thus: "For every idle word that men speak, they shall give account on the day of judgment."[102]

Matt. 12:36 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

And therefore the Lord says, "As to every idle word that men have spoken, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment."[206]

Matt. 12:36 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II

And if "he that calls his brother a fool be in danger of the judgment," what shall we pronounce regarding him who speaks what is foolish? Is it not written respecting such: "Whosoever shall speak an idle word, shall give an account to the Lord in the day of judgment? "[124]

Matt. 12:36 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Of Patience

awaits us for every vain and needless word."[93]

Matt. 12:36 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Of this same matter, according to the same Matthew: "But I say unto you, That every idle word which men shall speak, they shall give account for it in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."[463]

Matt. 12:36 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II

bishop for the churches in every parish, must be unblameable, unreprovable, free from all kinds o wickedness common among men, not under fifty years of age; for such a one is in good part past youthful disorders, and the slanders of the heathen, as well as the reproaches which are sometimes cast upon many persons by some false brethren, who do not consider the word of God in the Gospel: "Whosoever speaketh an idle word shall give an account thereof to the Lord in the day of judgment."[1]

Matt. 12:36 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VII

Thy words shall not be vain; for "ye shall give an account of every idle word."[49]

Matt. 12:36 - NIV, NAB - in The History of Joseph the Carpenter

And He will examine every single foolish and idle word which men speak, and they shall give an account of it.[6]

Matt. 12:37 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II

And again, "By thy speech thou shalt be justified," He says, "and by thy speech thou shalt be condemned."[125]

Matt. 12:37 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I

What the one exhibits as actually done, the other speaks, preparing, as it were, the way for well-doing, and leading the hearers to the practice of good. For there is a saving word, as there is a saving work. Righteousness, accordingly,[103]

Matt. 12:37 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Idolatry

so, "Out of thy own mouth shalt thou be justified"[161]

Matt. 12:37 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book II

thou shall be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."[338]

Matt. 12:37 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II

And again: "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."[2]

Matt. 12:38 - NIV, NAB - in Dialogue of Justin

"And that He would rise again on the third day after the crucifixion, it is written[412]

Matt. 12:38 - NIV, NAB - in A Strain of Jonah the Prophet

150 To be a sign hereafter of the Lord[14]

Matt. 12:39 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Also in the Gospel: "A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."[284]

Matt. 12:40 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians

At the dawning of the Lord's day He arose from the dead, according to what was spoken by Himself, "As Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of man also be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."[68]

Matt. 12:40 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

By ourselves the lower regions (of Hades) are not supposed to be a bare cavity, nor some subterranean sewer of the world, but a vast deep space in the interior of the earth, and a concealed recess in its very bowels; inasmuch as we read that Christ in His death spent three days in the heart of the earth,[310]

Matt. 12:40 - NIV, NAB - in Methodius Fragments

I. The history of Jonah[2]

Matt. 12:40 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V

But when the first day of the week dawned He arose from the dead, and fulfilled those things which before His passion He foretold to us, saying: "The Son of man must continue in the heart of the earth three days and three nights."[116]

Matt. 12:41 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

that the Egyptians themselves might testify that it is the finger of God which works salvation for the people, and not the son of Joseph. For if He were the son of Joseph, how could He be greater than Solomon, of greater than Jonah,[420]

Matt. 12:41 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

Or how shall they receive adoption from God if they remain in this [kind of] generation, which is naturally possessed by man in this world? And how could He (Christ) have been greater than Solomon,[476]

Matt. 12:41 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ

Now, that we may give a simpler answer, it was not fit that the Son of God should be born of a human father's seed, lest, if He were wholly the Son of a man, He should fail to be also the Son of God, and have nothing more than "a Solomon" or "a Jonas,"[248]

Matt. 12:41 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement VI

But with respect to those who refused to repent of their evil deeds, He spoke thus: `The men of Nineve shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.'[15]

Matt. 12:41 - NIV, NAB - in Clementine Homily XI

And to those amongst the people who would not repent at His preaching He said, `The men of Nineveh shall rise up with this generation and shall condemn it, for they heard and repented on the preaching of Jonas: and behold, a greater is here, and no one believes.'[12]

Matt. 12:42 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book III

, that this is the same wisdom of God which was hidden from other times and generations, and was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets, and Which was also that wisdom of God before the advent of the Saviour, by means of which Solomon obtained his wisdom, and in reference to which the language of the Saviour Himself declared, that what He taught was greater than Solomon, in these words, "Behold, a greater than Solomon is here,"[319]

Matt. 12:42 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement VI

become of us if the examination that is to take place find us inferior and worse than them? Hear, therefore, how our true Prophet has taught us concerning these things; for, with respect to those who neglect to hear the words of wisdom, He speaks thus: `The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here, and they hear Him not.'"[14]

Matt. 12:42 - NIV, NAB - in Clementine Homily XI

"But that indeed in the day of judgment the doings of those who have known the truth are compared with the good deeds of those who have been in error, the unlying One Himself has taught us, saying to those who neglected to come and listen to Him, `The queen of the south shall rise up with this generation, and shall condemn it; because she came from the extremities of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon: and behold, a greater than Solomon is here, '[11]

Matt. 12:42 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X

indicates clearly that there was a great and surpassing wisdom in the words of Jesus worthy of the saying, lo, a greater than Solomon is here."[101]

Matt. 12:43 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I

For when the unclean spirit of folly has gone forth, and when afterwards he finds them not waiting upon God, but occupied with mere worldly questions, then, "taking seven other spirits more wicked than himself,"[222]

Matt. 12:44 - NIV, NAB - in Excerpts of Theodotus

For no longer is there evil in it, since that has been made to cease; nor yet is there good, since it has not yet received good. But what is neither good nor evil is nothing. "For to the swept and empty house return,"[27]

Matt. 12:45 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fifth

But it does not turn away those who are full of faith, nor does it act on them, for the power of the Lord is with them. It is the thoughtless and doubting that it turns away.[8]

Matt. 12:45 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fifth

Then, when he withdraws from the man in whom he dwelt, the man is emptied of the righteous Spirit; and being henceforward filled with evil spirits,[9]

Matt. 12:45 - NIV, NAB - in Acts of Andrew and Matthias

And when it was evening they took him again to the prison, having bound his hands behind him, and left him till the morrow again. And the devil having taken with himself seven demons[30]

Matt. 12:47 - NIV, NAB - in Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

: A certain person somewhat like you once said to Him, "Mary Thy mother, and Thy brethren, stand without; "[569]

Matt. 12:48 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

They say that He testifies Himself to His not having been born, when He asks, "Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? "[714]

Matt. 12:48 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ

But whenever a dispute arises about the nativity, all who reject it as creating a presumption in favour of the reality of Christ's flesh, wilfully deny that God Himself was born, on the ground that He asked, "Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? "[100]

Matt. 12:50 - NIV, NAB - in 2 Clement

not with the mouth only, but also with the heart, that He may accept us as sons. For the Lord has said, "Those are My brethren who do the will of My Father."[71]

Matt. 12:50 - NIV, NAB - in Excerpts of Theodotus

Accordingly He leads us into the liberty of the Father,-sons that are co-heirs and friends. "For," says the Lord, "they that do the will of my Father are my brethren and fellow-heirs."[36]

Matt. 12:50 - NIV, NAB - in 2 Clement

Let us therefore give Him praise, not with the mouth only, but also with the heart, that tie may accept us as sons. For the Lord has said, "Those are my brethren who do the will of my Father."[54]

Matt. 12:50 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on John Book II

But neither the passage nor this difficulty is hard to explain. For if he who does the will of the Father in heaven[29]

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