Matthew 6:29 Douay-Rheims

But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

As widely as truth differs from falsehood, so widely do our clothes differ from flowers. If then Solomon, who was more eminent than all other kings, was yet surpassed by flowers, how shall you exceed the beauty of flowers by your garments? And Solomon was exceeded by the flowers not once only, or twice, but throughout his whole reign; and this is that He says, In all his glory; for no one day was he arrayed as are the flowers.

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A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 6:28-30

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

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