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Περὶ μὲν οὖν σωφροσύνης τοσοῦτον εἶπεν·,,Ὅς ἂν ἐμβλέψῃ γυναικὶ πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτῆς, ἤδη ἐμοίχευσε τῇ καρδίᾳ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ. Καί·,,Εἰ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ὁ δεξιὸς σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον αὐτόν· συμφέρει γάρ σοι μονόφθαλμον εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἢ μετὰ τῶν δύο πεμφθῆναι εἰς τὸ αἰώνιον πῦρ. Καί·,,Ὃς γαμεῖ ἀπολελυμένην ἀφ ἑτέρου ἀνδρός, μοιχᾶται. Καί·,,Εἰσί τινες οἵτινες εὐνουχίσθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, εἰσὶ δὲ οἵ ἐγεννήθησαν εὐνοῦχοι, εἰσὶ δὲ οἵ εὐνούχισαν ἑαυτοὺς διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν· πλήν οὐ πάντες τοῦτο χωροῦσιν. Ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ νόμῳ ἀνθρωπίνῳ διγαμίας ποιούμενοι ἁμαρτωλοὶ παρὰ τῷ· ἡμετέρῳ διδασκάλῳ εἰσί, καὶ οἱ προσβλέποντες γυναικὶ πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτῆς· οὐ γὰρ μόνον ὁ μοιχεύων ἔργῳ ἐκβέβληται παρ αὐτῷ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ μοιχεῦσαι βουλόμενος, ὡς οὐ τῶν ἔργων φανερῶν μόνον τῷ θεῷ ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἐνθυμημάτων. Καὶ πολλοί τινες καὶ πολλαὶ ἑξηκοντοῦται καὶ ἑβδομηκοντοῦται, οἵ ἐκ παίδων ἐμαθητεύθησαν τῷ Χριστῷ, ἄφθοροι διαμένουσι· καὶ εὔχομαι κατὰ πᾶν γένος ἀνθρώπων τοιούτους δεῖξαι. Τί γὰρ καὶ λέγομεν τὸ ἀναρίθμητον πλῆθος τῶν ἐξ ἀκολασίας μεταβαλόντων καὶ ταῦτα μαθόντων; οὐ γὰρ τοὺς δικαίους οὐδὲ τοὺς σώφρονας εἰς μετάνοιαν ἐκάλεσεν ὁ Χριστός, ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς καὶ ἀκολάστους καὶ ἀδίκους. Εἶπε δὲ οὕτως·,,Οὐκ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν. Θέλει γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὁ οὐράνιος τὴν μετάνοιαν τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ ἢ τὴν κόλασιν αὐτοῦ. Περὶ δὲ τοῦ στέργειν ἅπαντας ταῦτα ἐδίδαξεν·,,Εἰ ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ὑμᾶς, τί καινὸν ποιεῖτε; καὶ γὰρ οἱ πόρνοι τοῦτο ποιοῦσιν. Ἐγὼ δὲ ὑμῖν λέγω· Εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ὑμῶν καὶ ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς μισοῦντας ὑμᾶς καὶ εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς καταρωμένους ὑμῖν καὶ εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐπηρεαζόντων ὑμᾶς. Εἰς δὲ τὸ κοινωνεῖν τοῖς δεομένοις καὶ μηδὲν πρὸς δόξαν ποιεῖν ταῦτα ἔφη·,,Παντὶ τῷ αἰτοῦντι δίδοτε καὶ τὸν βουλόμενον δανείσασθαι μὴ ἀποστραφῆτε. Εἰ γὰρ δανείζετε παρ ὧν ἐλπίζετε λαβεῖν, τί καινὸν ποιεῖτε; τοῦτο καὶ οἱ τελῶναι ποιοῦσιν. Ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ θησαυρίζητε ἑαυτοῖς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅπου σὴς καὶ βρῶσις ἀφανίζει καὶ λῃσταὶ διορύσσουσι· θησαυρίζετε δὲ ἑαυτοῖς ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ὅπου οὔτε σὴς οὔτε βρῶσις ἀφανίζει. Τί γὰρ ὠφελεῖται ἄνθρωπος, ἂν τὸν κόσμον ὅλον κερδήσῃ, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπολέσῃ; ἢ τί δώσει αὐτῆς ἀντάλλαγμα; θησαυρίζετε οὖν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ὅπου οὔτε σὴς οὔτε βρῶσις ἀφανίζει. Καί·,,Γίνεσθε δὲ χρηστοὶ καὶ οἰκτίρμονες, ὡς καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν χρηστός ἐστι καὶ οἰκτίρμων, καὶ τὸν ἥλιον αὐτοῦ ἀνατέλλει ἐπὶ ἁμαρτωλοὺς καὶ δικαίους καὶ πονηρούς. Μὴ μεριμνᾶτε δὲ τί φάγητε ἢ τί ἐνδύσησθε. Οὐχ ὑμεῖς τῶν πετεινῶν καὶ τῶν θηρίων διαφέρετε; καὶ ὁ θεὸς τρέφει αὐτά. Μὴ οὖν μεριμνήσητε τί φάγητε ἢ τί ἐνδύσησθε· οἶδε γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος ὅτι τούτων χρείαν ἔχετε. Ζητεῖτε δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ ταῦτα πάντα προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν. Ὅπου γὰρ ὁ θησαυρός ἐστιν, ἐκεῖ καὶ ὁ νοῦς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. Καί·,,Μὴ ποιῆτε ταῦτα πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· εἰ δὲ μή γε, μισθὸν οὐκ ἔχετε παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς
Concerning self-control, then, he said this much: 'Whoever looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery in his heart before God.' And: 'If your right eye causes you to stumble, cut it out; for it is better for you to enter the kingdom of heaven with one eye than, with both, to be cast into the eternal fire.' And: 'Whoever marries a woman put away from another man commits adultery.' And: 'There are some who were made eunuchs by men, and some who were born eunuchs, and some who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven; but not all can receive this.' So too those who, by human law, contract second marriages are sinners in the sight of our teacher, as are those who look upon a woman to lust after her; for not only the one who commits adultery in act is rejected by him, but also the one who wishes to commit adultery, since not only deeds but even thoughts are manifest to God. And many men and women, sixty and seventy years old, who from childhood were made disciples of Christ, continue undefiled; and I pray that I might point to such ones in every race of men. For why should we speak of the countless multitude who turned from licentiousness and learned these things? For Christ did not call to repentance the righteous or the self-controlled, but the impious and the licentious and the unjust. He said thus: 'I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.' For the heavenly Father wills the repentance of the sinner rather than his punishment. And concerning love toward all, he taught this: 'If you love those who love you, what new thing do you do? For even fornicators do this. But I say to you: Pray for your enemies, and love those who hate you, and bless those who curse you, and pray for those who abuse you.' And toward sharing with those in need and doing nothing for the sake of glory, he said this: 'Give to everyone who asks, and do not turn away the one who wishes to borrow. For if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what new thing do you do? Even the tax collectors do this. But you, do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy and robbers break in; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul? Or what shall he give in exchange for it? Store up, then, in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys.' And: 'Be kind and merciful, as your Father also is kind and merciful, and makes his sun rise upon sinners and the righteous and the wicked. Do not be anxious about what you shall eat or what you shall wear. Are you not better than the birds and the beasts? And God feeds them. So do not be anxious about what you shall eat or what you shall wear; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of these things. But seek the kingdom of heaven, and all these things shall be added to you. For where the treasure is, there also is the mind of man.' And: 'Do not do these things to be seen by men; otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.'
論到節制，祂這樣說：「凡看見婦女就動淫念的，在神面前心裏已經與她犯姦淫了。」又說：「若是你的右眼叫你跌倒，就剜出來丟掉；寧可缺一隻眼進入天國，強如有兩隻眼被丟在永火裏。」又說：「凡娶被別人休的婦女的，就是犯姦淫。」又說：「有人從母腹生來就是閹人，也有被人閹的，並有為天國的緣故自閹的；只是這話不是人都能領受的。」照樣，那些按人的律法再娶的，在我們教師眼中乃是罪人，那看婦女動淫念的也是；因為在祂看來，不僅在行為上犯姦淫的被棄絕，連那心存犯姦淫之念的也是，因為不僅行為，連心思意念在神面前也都顯露無遺。又有許多男女，六七十歲，自幼作了基督的門徒，至今守身不污；我祈願能在各族各類的人中指出這樣的人來。我們又何必提那無數從放蕩中回轉、學了這些道的人呢？因為基督不是召義人、也不是召自制的人悔改，乃是召不敬虔的、放蕩的、不義的人。祂這樣說：「我來本不是召義人，乃是召罪人悔改。」因為天父願意罪人悔改，過於願意懲罰他。論到愛眾人，祂這樣教導：「你們若單愛那愛你們的人，有甚麼新奇的呢？就是淫亂的人也這樣行。我告訴你們：要為你們的仇敵禱告，愛那恨你們的，為咒詛你們的祝福，為凌辱你們的禱告。」論到周濟有需要的人、並凡事不為虛名而行，祂這樣說：「凡求你的，就給他；有人要借貸，不可推辭。你們若借給那指望從他收回的人，有甚麼新奇的呢？就是稅吏也這樣行。你們不要為自己積攢財寶在地上，地上有蟲子咬，能鏽壞，也有賊挖窟窿來偷；只要積攢財寶在天上，天上沒有蟲子咬，也不能鏽壞。人若賺得全世界，賠上自己的靈魂，有甚麼益處呢？人還能拿甚麼換靈魂呢？所以要積攢財寶在天上，那裏沒有蟲子咬，也不能鏽壞。」又說：「你們要慈善、有憐憫，像你們的父慈善、有憐憫一樣，祂叫日頭照罪人、義人和惡人。不要為吃甚麼、穿甚麼憂慮。你們不比飛鳥走獸貴重得多麼？神尚且養活牠們。所以不要為吃甚麼、穿甚麼憂慮；因為你們的天父知道你們需用這一切。你們要尋求天國，這一切就都要加給你們了。因為財寶在哪裏，人的心思也在那裏。」又說：「你們不可將這些事行在人前，故意叫他們看見；若是這樣，就不能得你們天父的賞賜了。」