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RULE 34. That it is necessary to set forth an example of good things to others, each according to his own measure.

Chapter 1. MATTHEW. Learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart. 2 CORINTHIANS. For I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the 31.756 Macedonians, that Achaia has been ready since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them. 1 THESSALONIANS. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit; so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

RULE 35. That those who see in someone the fruit of the Holy Spirit, preserving everywhere the consistency of piety, and not attributing it to the Holy Spirit, but ascribing it to the contrary, blaspheme against the Holy Spirit himself.

Chapter 1. MATTHEW. Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the mute and blind man both spoke and saw. And all the crowds were amazed and said, "Can this be the Son of David?" But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons." But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you." To which he adds the following: "Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven people. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come."

RULE 30. That those who keep the form of the Lord's teaching must be received with all eagerness and honor to the glory of the Lord himself; but he who does not hear, nor receive, is condemned.

Chapter 1. MATTHEW. The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me. And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, as you leave that house or town, shake the dust off your feet. Truly I say to you, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. JOHN. The one who receives whomever I send receives me; and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me. TO THE PHILIPPIANS. But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my 31.757 need. And after a little: So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and hold such men in honor.

RULE 37. That willingness according to one's ability, even if it is in the least things, is well-pleasing to God, even if it be from women. Chapter 1. MATTHEW. And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward. LUKE. And looking up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw a certain poor widow putting in two small coins, and he said, Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance to the gifts of God, but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had. MATTHEW. Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the

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ΟΡΟΣ Λ∆ʹ. Ὅτι δεῖ τύπον τῶν καλῶν προκεῖσθαι τοῖς ἄλλοις, ἕκαστον ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ μέτρῳ

Κεφάλ. Αʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Μάθετε ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, ὅτι πρᾶός εἰμι, καὶ ταπεινὸς τῇ

καρδίᾳ. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. βʹ. Οἶδα γὰρ τὴν προθυμίαν ὑμῶν, ἣν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καυχῶμαι Μα 31.756 κεδόσιν, ὅτι Ἀχαΐα μὲν παρεσκεύασται ἀπὸ πέ ρυσι, καὶ ὁ ἐξ ὑμῶν ζῆλος ἠρέθισε τοὺς πλείονας. ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΣΣ. αʹ. Καὶ ὑμεῖς μιμηταὶ ἡμῶν ἐγενή θητε καὶ τοῦ Κυρίου, δεξάμενοι τὸν λόγον ἐν θλίψει πολλῇ μετὰ χαρᾶς Πνεύματος ἁγίου· ὥστε γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς τύπους πᾶσι τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ.

ΟΡΟΣ ΛΕʹ. Ὅτι οἱ τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐν τινι ὁρῶντες πανταχοῦ

τὸ ὁμαλὸν τῆς θεοσεβείας σώ ζοντα, καὶ μὴ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι ἀνατιθέν τες, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἐναντίῳ ἐπιφημίζοντες, εἰς αὐτὸ τὸ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα βλασφημοῦσιν.

Κεφάλ. Αʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Τότε προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ δαιμονι ζόμενος τυφλὸς καὶ

κωφὸς, καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐ τὸν, ὥστε τὸν κωφὸν καὶ τυφλὸν καὶ λαλεῖν καὶ βλέπειν. Καὶ ἐξίσταντο πάντες οἱ ὄχλοι, καὶ ἔλε γον· Μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς ∆αβίδ; Οἱ δὲ Φα ρισαῖοι, ἀκούσαντες, εἶπον· Οὗτος οὐκ ἐκβάλλει τὰ δαιμόνια εἰ μὴ ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἄρχοντι τῶν δαιμονίων. Εἰδὼς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Εἰ δὲ ἐν Πνεύματι Θεοῦ ἐκβάλλω ἐγὼ τὰ δαιμόνια, ἄρα ἔφθασεν ἐφ' ὑμᾶς ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ. Οἷς ἑξῆς ἐπιφέρει· ∆ιὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν, πᾶσα ἁμαρτία καὶ βλασφη μία ἀφεθήσεται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις· ἡ δὲ τοῦ Πνεύ ματος βλασφημία οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται τοῖς ἀν θρώποις. Καὶ ὃς ἐὰν εἴπῃ λόγον κατὰ τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ· ὃς δ' ἂν εἴπῃ κατὰ τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου, οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ, οὔτε ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι, οὔτε ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι.

ΟΡΟΣ Λʹ. Ὅτι τοὺς φυλάσσοντας τὸν τύπον τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου δι δασκαλίας

μετὰ πάσης σπουδῆς καὶ τιμῆς δέχε σθαι δεῖ εἰς δόξαν αὐτοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου· ὁ δὲ μὴ ἀκού σας, μηδὲ δεξάμενος, κατακρίνεται.

Κεφάλ. Αʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ὁ δεχόμενος ὑμᾶς, ἐμὲ δέχεται· καὶ ὁ ἐμὲ δεχόμενος

δέχεται τὸν ἀποστείλαντα με. Καὶ ὃς ἐὰν μὴ δέξηται ὑμᾶς, μηδὲ ἀκούσῃ τοὺς λόγους ὑμῶν, ἐξερχόμενοι τῆς οἰκίας ἐκείνης ἢ τῆς πόλεως, ἐκτινάξατε τὸν κονιορτὸν τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν. Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται γῇ Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόῤῥων ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρί σεως ἢ τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ. Ὁ λαμβά νων, ἐάν τινα πέμψω, ἐμὲ λαμβάνει· ὁ δὲ ἐμὲ λαμβάνων λαμβάνε τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με. ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛ. Ἀναγκαῖον δὲ ἡγησάμην Ἐπαφρόδιτον τὸνἀδελφὸν, καὶ συνεργὸν, καὶ συστρατιώτην μου, ὑμῶν δὲ ἀπόστολον, καὶ λειτουργὸν τῆς χρείας 31.757 μου, πέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς. Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· Προσδέ χεσθε οὖν αὐτὸν ἐν Κυρίῳ μετὰ πάσης χα ρᾶς, καὶ τοὺς τοιούτους ἐντίμους ἔχετε. ΟΡΟΣ ΛΖʹ. Ὅτι ἡ κατὰ δύναμιν, κἂν ᾖ ἐν τοῖς ἐλαχίστοις, προθυμία εὐπρόσδεκτός ἐστι τῷ Θεῷ, κἂν παρὰ γυναικῶν ᾖ. Κεφάλ. Αʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Καὶ ὃς ἐὰν ποτίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων ποτήριον ψυχροῦ μόνον εἰς ὄνομα μα θητοῦ, ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσῃ τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Ἀναβλέψας δὲ εἶδε τοὺς βάλλοντας τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον πλουσίους. Εἶδε δέ τινα χήραν πενιχρὰν βάλλουσαν ἐκεῖ δύο λεπτὰ, καὶ εἶπεν· Ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἡ χήρα αὕτη ἡ πτωχὴ πλεῖον πάν των ἔβαλεν. Ἅπαντες γὰρ οὗτοι ἐκ τοῦ περισ σεύοντος αὐτοῖς ἔβαλον εἰς τὰ δῶρα τοῦ Θεοῦ· αὕτη δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὑστερήματος αὑτῆς ἅπαντα τὸν βίον ὃν εἶχεν ἔβαλεν. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ γενομένου ἐν Βεθανίᾳ ἐν οἰκίᾳ Σίμωνος τοῦ