ACC ~ Matthew 23 v1

THE CROWDS AND THE PHARISEES

INCOMPLETE WORK ON MATTHEW: The Lord had just humbled the disbelieving priests who were flailing against him like wild beasts. With the accuracy of a spear point he gives them a very sharp answer, showing them their own incorrigible condition. Mistaken laity may be more easily set straight, but clerics, if they are evil, are almost impossible to set straight. After this, he then turned his conversation to the apostles and to the people, saying, “The Pharisees and scribes sit on the throne of Moses.” Their confusion there becomes what they end up teaching. HOMILY 43. [1]

[1] PG 56:876.

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