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Bede the Venerable — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 12:13-15

Patristic A.D. 735
Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735
“He takes occasion from this foolish petitioner to fortify both the multitudes and His disciples alike by precept and example against the plague of covetousness. Whence it follows, He said to them, Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; and he says, of all, because some things seem to be honestly done, but the internal judge decides with what intention they are done.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 12:13-15 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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