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Patristic A.D. 379 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 10:38-42

Basil of Caesarea, on Luke 10:38

Basil of Caesarea · c. A.D. 330–379

Luke 10:38 · Douay-Rheims

“Now it came to pass as they went, that he entered into a certain town: and a certain woman named Martha, received him into her house.”

On this verse:

“(Const. Mon. c. 1.) Now every work and word of our Saviour is a rule of piety and virtue. For to this end did He put on our body, that as much as we can we might imitate His conversation.”

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