Is thine eye evil? (ο οφθαλμος σου πονηρος εστιν?) See on 6:22-24 about the evil eye and the good eye. The complainer had a grudgi…

Is your eye evil because I am good? The Hebrews used the word evil, when applied to the eye, to denote one envious and malicious …

Is it not lawful...? The question is not that of one who asserts an arbitrary right; it tacitly appeals to a standard that no one …

And when they had received it, they murmured against the master of the house, saying, These last have worked only one hour, and you have made t…

Remigius of Auxerre: To establish the truth of the saying, “There are many who are first who will be last, and the last fi…

The landowner insists, in a mild rebuke, that he is not cheating anyone. He has paid the agreed wage. Should he want to pay others more, that is hi…

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own ?
External gifts and outward privileges, such as enjoying the …

This parable's primary purpose seems to show that although the Jews were first called into the vineyard, the gospel would eventually be preached to…

Above, the Lord spoke about the attainment of the kingdom of heaven by the common way of salvation and by the way of perfection. Because certain pe…