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Chapter 1. MATTHEW. And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; and he says to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves. 1 CORINTHIANS. What? have you not houses to eat and to drink in? or do you despise the church of God, and shame them that have not? And if any man hunger, let him eat at home, that you come not together unto judgment. Because that which is named for God must be honored as holy until such time as the will of God is kept in it. 31.749 Chapter 2. MATTHEW. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent unto you, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

RULE 31. That one must not spend on others what has been set apart for those dedicated to God, unless it be from the surplus.

Chapter 1. MARK. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation, and

she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter. But he said: Let the children first be filled: for it is not right to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this your saying.

RULE 32. That one must render graciously to each what is due.

Chapter 1. LUKE. And they asked him, saying, Master, we know,

that you say and teach rightly, neither do you accept the person of any, but teach the way of God truly: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why do you test me? Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription does it have? They answered and said, Caesar's. And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. TO THE ROMANS. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another.

RULE 33. That one must not cause scandal.

Chapter 1. MATTHEW. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which

believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea; and again: woe to that man 31.752 by whom the offence comes. TO THE ROMANS. But judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. Because everything that is opposed to the will of the Lord is a scandal. Chapter 2. MATTHEW. From that time forth Jesus began to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from you, Lord: this shall not be unto you. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: you are an offence unto me,

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Κεφάλ. Αʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ ἱε ρὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐξέβαλε πάντας τοὺς πωλοῦν τας καὶ ἀγοράζοντας ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, καὶ τὰς τραπέ ζας τῶν κολλυβιστῶν κατέστρεψε, καὶ τὰς καθ έδρας τῶν πωλούντων τὰς περιστεράς· καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Γέγραπται· Ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσ ευχῆς κληθήσεται· ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐποιήσατε αὐτὸν σπήλαιον λῃστῶν. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. αʹ. Μὴ γὰρ οἰκίας οὐκ ἔχετε εἰς τὸ ἐσθίειν καὶ πίνειν; ἢ τῆς Ἐκ κλησίας τοῦ Θεοῦ καταφρονεῖτε, καὶ καταισχύ νετε τοὺς μὴ ἔχοντας; Εἰ δέ τις πεινᾷ, ἐν οἴκῳ ἐσθιέτω, ἵνα μὴ εἰς κρῖμα συνέρχησθε. Ὅτι τὸ ἐπονομαζόμενον τῷ Θεῷ μέχρι τότε ὡς ἅγιον τιμᾷν δεῖ, μέχρις ἂν τὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ θέλημα φυλάσσηται ἐπ' αὐτῷ. 31.749 Κεφάλ. Β. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ἱερουσαλὴμ, Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ἡ ἀποκτείνουσα τοὺς προφήτας, καὶ λιθοβολοῦσα τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους πρὸς αὐτὴν, ποσάκις ἠθέλησα ἐπισυναγαγεῖν τὰ τέκνα σου, ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις ἐπισυνάγει τὰ νοσσία ἑαυτῆς ὑπὸ τὰς πτέ ρυγας, καὶ οὐκ ἠθελήσατε; Ἰδοὺ, ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν ἔρημος.

ΟΡΟΣ ΛΑʹ. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τὰ τοῖς ἀνακειμένοις τῷ Θεῷ ἀφωρι σμένα εἰς ἑτέρους

ἀναλίσκειν, εἰ μή τι ἂν ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύματος. Κεφάλ. Αʹ. ΜΑΡΚΟΣ. Ἦν δὲ γυνὴ Ἑλληνὶς Συροφοίνισσα τῷ γένει, καὶ

ἐπηρώτα αὐτὸν, ἵνα τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐκβάλῃ ἐκ τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς. Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἄφες πρῶτον χορτασθῆναι τὰ τέκνα· οὐ γὰρ καλόν ἐστι λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων, καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις. Ἡ δὲ ἀπεκρίθη καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ναί, Κύριε· καὶ τὰ κυνάρια ὑπο κάτω τῆς τραπέζης ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν παίδων. Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· ∆ιὰ τοῦτον τὸν λόγον σου.

ΟΡΟΣ ΛΒʹ. Ὅτι δεῖ τὰ ἐπιβάλλοντα ἑκάστῳ εὐγνωμόνως ἀπο διδόναι.

Κεφάλ. Α. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν, λέγοντες· ∆ιδάσκαλε, οἴδαμεν,

ὅτι ὀρθῶς λέγεις καὶ διδά σκεις, καὶ οὐ λαμβάνεις πρόσωπον, ἀλλ' ἐπ' ἀλη θείας τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ διδάσκεις· ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν Καίσαρι φόρον δοῦναι, ἢ οὔ; Κατανοήσας δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν πανουργίαν, εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· Τί με πειράζετε; ∆είξατέ μοι δηνάριον. Τίνος ἔχει εἰκόνα καὶ ἐπιγραφήν; Ἀποκριθέντες δὲ εἶπον· Καίσαρος. Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἀπόδοτε οὖν τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι, καὶ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῷ Θεῷ. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜ. Ἀπόδοτε οὖν πᾶσι τὰς ὀφειλὰς, τῷ τὸν φόρον τὸν φόρον, τῷ τὸ τέλος τὸ τέλος, τῷ τὸν φόβον τὸν φόβον, τῷ τὴν τιμὴν τὴν τιμήν. Μηδενὶ μηδὲν ὀφείλετε, εἰ μὴ τὸ ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾷν.

ΟΡΟΣ ΛΓʹ. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ σκανδαλίζειν.

Κεφάλ. Αʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ὃς δ' ἂν σκανδαλίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μι κρῶν τούτων τῶν

πιστευόντων εἰς ἐμὲ, συμφέρει αὐτῷ, ἵνα κρεμασθῇ μύλος ὀνικὸς περὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ καταποντισθῇ ἐν τῷ πελά γει τῆς θαλάσσης· καὶ πάλιν· Οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ 31.752 ἐκείνῳ, δι' οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜ. Ἀλλὰ τοῦτο κρίνατε μᾶλλον, τὸ μὴ τιθέναι πρόσ κομμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ, ἢ σκάνδαλον. Ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἀντικείμενον τῷ τοῦ Κυρίου θελήματι σκάνδαλόν ἐστιν. Κεφάλ. Βʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ἀπὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς δεικνύειν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι δεῖ αὐτὸν ἀπελ θεῖν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, καὶ πολλὰ παθεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, καὶ ἀρχιερέων, καὶ γραμματέων, καὶ ἀποκτανθῆναι, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστῆ ναι. Καὶ προσλαβόμενος αὐτὸν ὁ Πέτρος, ἤρξατο ἐπιτιμᾷν αὐτῷ, λέγων· Ἵλεώς σοι, Κύριε, οὐ μὴ ἔσται σοι τοῦτο. Ὁ δὲ, στραφεὶς, εἶπε τῷ Πέτρῳ· Ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, Σατανᾶ· σκάνδαλόν μου εἶ,