Matthew 13:29 Douay-Rheims

And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

But why does He say, Gather first the tares? That the good should hare no fears lest the wheat should be rooted up with them:

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A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 13:24-30

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

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