Matthew 21:17 Douay-Rheims

And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania, and remained there.

John Chrysostom (attributed)

Patristic

A bad man is better overcome by giving way to him than by replying to him; for wickedness is not instructed but stimulated by reproof. The Lord accordingly sought by withdrawing Himself to check those whom His words could not check; whence it is said, And He left them, and went out of the city into Bethany.

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as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 21:17-22

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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