And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore [him] fourfold.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais Zachée, se tenant devant le Seigneur, lui dit: Voici, Seigneur, je donne aux pauvres la moitié de mes biens, et, si j'ai fait tort de quelque chose à quelqu'un, je lui rends le quadruple.
KJV
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore [him] fourfold.
Phoebadius of Agen
Book against the Arians
ssions" (1 John 3:17). And in the Gospel: "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions" (Luke 19:8). We have gathered these examples so that the unlearned are not misled, as they attest; therefore, "substance" is not preached because it is nowhere found in the divine…
Eucherius of Lyon
Certain Homilies
Gospel, as if it were written for our redemption: "Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor" (Luke 19:8). About whom we heard in the Gospel, the Lord saying with indescribable dignity and love: "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, y…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
"What things soever were written, were written for our learning" ( Rom. 15:4 ). Now Zachaeus said ( Lk. 19:8 ) to our Lord: "If I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold." Therefore a man is bound to restore several times over the amount he has taken unjustly. O…
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