Matthew 4:8
Douay-Rheims
Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,
Ambrose of Milan
(in Luc. c. iv. 11.) Ambition has its dangers at home; that it may govern, it is first others’ slave; it bows in flattery that it may rule in honour; and while it would be exalted, it is made to stoop.
Source details
A.D. 397 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 4:8-11
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.