Matthew 6:26 Douay-Rheims

Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?

Hilary of Poitiers

c. A.D. 310–367 Patristic

It may be said, that under the name of birds, He exhorts us by the example of the unclean spirits, to whom, without any trouble of their own in seeking and collecting it, provision of life is given by the power of the Eternal Wisdom. And to lead us to refer this to the unclean spirits, He suitably adds, Are not ye of much more value than they? Thus shewing the great interval between piety and wickedness.

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A.D. 367 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 6:26-27

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

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