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Patristic A.D. 430 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 7:7-8

Augustine of Hippo, on Matt 7:7

Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430

Matt 7:7 · Douay-Rheims

“Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.”

On this verse:

“(Serm. in Mont. ii. 21.) Asking, is that we may get healthiness of soul that we may be able to fulfil the things commanded us; seeking, pertains to the discovery of the truth. But when any has found the true way, he will then come into actual possession, which however is only opened to him that knocks.”

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