Matthew 13:36 Douay-Rheims

Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Expound to us the parable of the cockle of the field.

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

Not that they shall not shine with higher brightness, but because we know no degree of brightness that surpasses that of the sun, therefore He uses an example adapted to our understanding.

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A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 13:36-43

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